Date   : Thu, 31 Dec 1992 18:55:02 GMT
From   : crash!cwr@nosc.mil (Will Rose)
Subject: Re: Wither ZCPR?

Steven Christensen (schriste@uceng.uc.edu) wrote:
: 
: Hi,
: 
:      I am windering if Z-Systems ZCPR is available on the net?
: I know there are some SIMTEL-20 subdirectores, but I can't figure out
: what they contain, and what I need to get for ZCPR.
: 
:              Thanks,
:              Steven

I've just bought NZCOM from Jay Sage's wife's (brother's cousin's dog's)
outfit, and at $50 it's a steal.  I brought up ZCPR3.3 some years ago the
hard way, compiling each unit and then linking the system, (at least I
had an older Z-system to work in) and NZCOM is an enormous improvement,
and really just as compact.  If I were bringing up Z again, I'd simply
buy NZCOM straight away - it's not worth fiddling with older versions
unless the hardware is unusually intractable.

They also do a full set of current Z-sys utilities, which is a good idea
if you don't have easy net access.  In fact, with the dearth of CP/M 
archives around the place I'm not sure you *could* get hold of a full
set of utilities/help files without enormous phone charges.

There is a suprising amount of good work being done in CP/M, if you can
find it, and Sage's outfit is a good place to start looking.  The other
is probably The Computer Journal, (916) 645-1670. 

Good luck - Will
cwr@crash.cts.com