Date   : Mon, 18 Jan 1993 14:13:39 GMT
From   : utcsri!geac!censor!isgtec!gerrit@uunet.uu.net (Gerrit Visser)
Subject: Re: Anyone familiar with Micro 5 Turbo 1000 system running MP/M ?

Lindsay Haisley (fmouse@wixer.cactus.org) wrote:
: based systems (CP/M, TP/M, CP/M+ etc.) or vice versa (without and emulator). 
: I assume the Micro 5 System falls into the latter category and that MP/M is
: a CP/M workalike.  It is possible that one could get the programs up and
MP/M is actually a multi-programing version of CP/M.  It uses bank
switching methods so that multiple 48k or more banks are used for
seperate tasks.  Works quite well.  The Micro 5 must have a bunch of
memory in it.

: You may be able to translate the BASIC programs into GWBASIC or another
: dialect which will run under DOS.  BASIC is not as easily transported as C
: or other languages which were designed work across different platforms, so
MBASIC is a direct predecessor to GWBASIC.  On the BMC IF800 (Z80 CP/M)
one could move programs to a PC with no conversion required (unless of
course one was using specific escape sequences for screen formatting.)
The biggest challenge is probably discerning whether MP/M features were
used in the programs in which case effort is required to convert.  It
is not likely that MBASIC knew about MP/M though.

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