Date   : Mon, 17 Aug 1992 19:08:11 GMT
From   : opalka@atom.enet.dec.com (Bill Opalka)
Subject: Re: Z-System

>>Are there any of you CP/M types out there that still don't know
>>or use the Z-System?  Since 1988, NZCOM and Z3PLUS have left
>>old 2.2 and 3.0 systems for dead!  And you can still get them!

Yes, I for one don't use Z-System for a couple of reasons.  First,
it takes away memory from an already memory starved system.  Second,
when it comes to my CPM based systems I'm cheap and I don't want to 
spend any more money on them. Finally,  I have Z3Plus but my 
CPM+ board on my Heath system went south so I'm back to using plain vanilla
CPM V2.2.  Maybe when I get the CPM+ board back in operation, I'll run
Z3Plus but until then I can't see investing in any more Z-System stuff.
Now don't get me wrong, when I used Z3Plus, I was very please with it.
It had some nice functions that I didn't find in any other operation system,
and the memory requirement on a Z3Plus system weren't outrageous.

Unfortunately, I'm being dragged into the PC world.  I've bought some neat 
pieces of software and I think knowing the PC world is not a bad idea. 
Like it or not, we may all have some sort of PC system sitting in our
houses. I still use my Z80 systems from time to time.  My son
enjoys banging on the keyboard and I still write some programs using
MODULA-2 but as far as spending any more money on my old system, I'm
pretty hard pressed to do so.

Regards,


/Bill