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Re: Which CPM systems are most popular?

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On 08 Mar 2025 02:53:09 -0400
Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

> 
> John <john@somewhere> writes:
> 
> > But when I really started using computers was in college; and my
> > first was an Osborne 01. That started me down the CPM road.  After
> > reading 'The Soul of CPM' book, I was on fire.  Compared to what I
> > learned with the Osborne, I consider my college courses teaching me
> > the syntax of Fortran and Pascal to be a waste of time (and money!).
> 
> I got my first computer when I was in my mid-40s.  In 1987 the O1 was
> already obsolete.  But I learned BASIC, Z80 assembler, K&R C and some
> LISP on it, then used it as a terminal to connect to Unix and VMS
> systems.
> 
> I'm really happy that I started with the O1.  Extensive O1 and CPM
> documentation available, system simple enough to understand without
> recursive rabbit-hole excursions.  All Linux now on hardware that I
> don't really understand but I do understand the basic principals it
> all works on.
> 
> (I check in on c.o.cpm periodically to watch for other O1 fans.)
> 
My first works "PC" (shared) was a "SuperBrain" - you could get a
floppy drive with Classic Adventure (Colossal Cave), IIRC. - Properly
it was used for SuperCalc spreadsheets.

-- 
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

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