Date   : Sat, 14 Apr 1990 07:47:13 GMT
From   : jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU!kleinj@cs.orst.edu (Justin the Blue)
Subject: Why Bother With CP/M?

Why bother with CP/M?  

It's not much of an answer, but more of a preface: my very first computer
was a Xerox 820/I, the single-board wonder.  The guy who put it all together
used old steel Tektronix cases as chassis.  They are indestructible, and
give one the added advantage of having an extra seat around for a guest.
 
"Can't find a seat!"
"Go ahead...sit there."
"But, that's the computer!"

Seriously though, We here at SunDial use two computers.  One is an IBM PCI,
which we lucked into...the salesman was under the impression that the drives
were Single Side Single Dense, and only 128Kb memory, and when we got home
with it ti turned oout those drives were DSDD, and 256Kb memory...for $250,
and IBM original.  I have been exploring the PCDOS 3.3 world as a child with
the bestest new toy in the universe.  I really like it...features like sub-
directories allowing me to organize files to my liking, and compatibility with
all the shareware I could ever want.

Sure couldn't do that with CP/M.

But what I can do with CP/M is: the same basic stuff, simply, quickly, and
well.  So your computer is a '386 that runs at 32 Meg with so much storage I
could move a Cambodian family in.  Last time I looked at my applications,
I just plain didn't need such conspicuous consumption.

So, I like the IBM world, more so that I now can tak a part in it.
But don't tell me that CP/M is:

Outmoded 
Difficult 
Too Simple,   Or, that favourite stupid comment that I mostly hear snooty
Clone and Macintosh users spout....
 
Isn't that an OBSOLETE OS?

NO, no more than breathing air an obsolete way of getting respiration.

(next time a snooty IBM/Clone/Mac user starts getting your goat, remind them
of a great advantage of 'obsolecence'....

       When was the last time you heard a CP/M user all upset about
       Whether or not a virus was getting at their system.

       They shut up real quick after you remind them of this.)

-Justin the Blue-


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