Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution

From	Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution
Date	2024-08-12 15:18 +0000
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On Mon, 12 Aug 2024 15:03:21 +0000, Scott Dorsey wrote:

> yeti  <yeti@tilde.institute> wrote:
>>"internetado" <internetado@fanless.alt119.net> writes:
>>
>>> Had Digital Research, the company CP/M creator Gary Kildall set up to
>>> sell CP/M, accepted the deal with IBM to make CP/M the default
>>> operating system for the then newly-created IBM PC, we'd be living in
>>> a very different world today.
> 
> You could get CP/M-86 with the PC for a small fee, or PC-DOS for free,

PC DOS was charged for by IBM, as I remember. Most other vendors bundled 
MS-DOS (which was slightly different)



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50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution "internetado" <internetado@fanless.alt119.net> - 2024-08-11 18:38 -0300
  Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> - 2024-08-12 11:51 +0042
    Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2024-08-12 15:03 +0000
      Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2024-08-12 15:18 +0000
    Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-12 23:09 +0000
  Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2024-08-12 08:24 -0700
    Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2024-08-12 17:12 +0100
      Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2024-08-12 10:04 -0700
        Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> - 2024-08-12 21:45 +0100
        Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2024-08-12 21:53 +0100
          Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2024-08-13 08:40 -0700
            Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-13 21:51 +0000
              Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2024-08-13 21:47 -0700
                Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-14 05:41 +0000
                Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution Johanne Fairchild <jfairchild@tudado.org> - 2024-08-14 13:34 -0300
                Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-08-14 19:58 +0000
    Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-12 23:12 +0000

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