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Date   : Sat, 06 Jun 1987 16:53:28 GMT
From   : barry@AMES-AURORA.ARPA (Kenn Barry)
Subject: Re: CONIX v/xs ZCPR

In article <176*kenw@noah.arc.cdn>, kenw@noah.arc.CDN (Ken Wallewein) writes:
>   For about the last year I've been drooling over the ads for CONIX, the
>super-duper CP/M replacement. It got good reviews, and looks better than ZCPR3
>in many ways. I use ZCPR2 now, but a lot of that stuff is only really useful
>for hard drives and multiple users (I run dual 8" DSDD floppies and a RAM
>disk). 
>
>  However, there seems to be a lot of fuss and bother over ZCPR3, but not a 
>peep about CONIX. How come? Doesn't *anybody* use it? I would really like to 
>see some discussion.

       Since no one else has mentioned it, I'd like to point out
that ZCPR and CONIX can be used *together*; they get along fine
on my system. I run ZCPR2 on an Apple - CP/M system with Sider
hard disk (never managed to get ZCPR3.X to work - Softcard CP/M
is strange, and I'm no expert in the Z80 world), and have the PD
CONIX stuff from SIMTEL. It needs no installation in the system,
it's just run like an application, and it gets along just dandy
with ZCPR2.
       I like both enhancements, but generally don't bother
running CONIX since: 1) ZCPR eliminates all the worst limitations of
vanilla CP/M; 2) CONIX has many, many features, and somewhat
cryptic commands, making it less valuable for my occasional use -
I can never remember the commands :-(; I'm mainly using a
68000 system these days (Amiga), and thus forgetting what little
I did know of CP/M.
       Nonetheless, CONIX seems, from my occasional use, to be a
good product, especially since it can be run when needed, and
removed when in the way, without altering one's system software,
or needing to choose between it and the Z-system. If it's as
compatable with ZCPR3.0 and 3.3 as it is with ZCPR2, the choice
is obvious: get both.

-  From the Crow's Nest  -                      Kenn Barry
                                                NASA-Ames Research Center
                                                Moffett Field, CA
ELECTRIC AVENUE:              {hplabs,seismo,dual,ihnp4}!ames!borealis!barry
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