Date   : Mon, 09 Apr 1990 07:32:12 GMT
From   : swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!dkuug!freja.diku.dk!skinfaxe.diku.dk!jensting@ucsd.edu (Jens Tingleff)
Subject: Why Bother With CP/M?

While on the subject of cheap systems, I bought a CP/M-68k system
(8MHz 68000, 0.5 MB, 2x1MB drives, .....) for appr. $400. The 
original list price was some $8000 (yes, 20 times as much), back
in the dark ages (spring -85). Of course, until the C compiler
appeared in comp.os.minix, I had practically given up on using it
due to the nature of the Alcyon CC.
The reason for the cheapness was CP/M, meaning NO software avaiable
(the only software I found was an Modula-2 compiler, at the same
price as a single-user license for a SUN...).
Today, I couldn't even sell it without loosing money. Some day
I'll overcome my nostalgia, and sell it as scrap. SIGH.

       Jens

jensting@diku.dk is
Jens Tingleff MSc EE, Research Assistent at DIKU
       Institute of Computer Science, Copenhagen University
Snail mail: DIKU Universitetsparken 1 DK2100 KBH O