Date   : Mon, 24 Dec 1990 16:24:39 GMT
From   : clyde.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!vspicer@uunet.uu.net
Subject: DisplayWriter and CP/M 86

Hello net world. I recently found CP/M 86 for the IBM DisplayWriter.
It appears to function well and makes what was otherwise a word processor
into a real computer of sorts. In the setup.cmd program it has configurations
for communication ports which it can't detect. From this I presume the
DisplayWriter can have communucation ports but this unit doesn't. Any ideas
where I can find such a board? Hopefully they are standard RS232's. 
Also of course now we need software. Does anyone out there have anything
for CP/M 86 formatted to a DisplayWriter readable 8" disk. The stuff of
interest would be:
       some sort of database (dbase 2?)
       some sort of spreadsheet (supercalc?)
       programming languages (mbasic, pl/1, fortran, cbasic, pascal)
       communications program to go with serial board
 
maybe i'm working on the silly assumption that such stuff actually made
it to CP/M 86, but it seems to be a pretty good, fast OS. also, does
anyone have some technical specs on the DisplayWriter? We didn't get any
manuals with it.
 
                                               thanks and have a good holiday
                                                       vic spicer