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Re: Which CPM systems are most popular?

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On 2/26/25 3:16 PM, Captain Nemo wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:31:04 -0600, John wrote:
> 
>> Every once in a while I see an Intertec Superbrain come to auction and
>> consider buying it. I was wondering what are the most popular, and the
>> most desirable (collectible?) CPM systems.  I know the S-100 systems are
>> in a class by themselves.  But I'm talking about the 'integrated
>> systems'.  Like the Osbornes,Kaypros Superbrains, etc.
>> Does anyone track this sort of thing?
> 
> I've never seen a list based on popularity.
> 
> Osborne sold well, until they sunk their own company.
> Kaypro also did well until MS-DOS did them in.
> Eagle is another one people seem to like, but it seems that many of those
> machines never made it into this era.
> 
> The problem is that CP/M machines were business machines.  So even though
> they sold well, they didn't sell at the level of the TRS-80, for example.
> Also, the odds of us seeing one as kids was really low.  I never saw a
> Kaypro, for example, "in the wild" when I was a kid.  I saw ads for them,
> though.
> 
> I mention that last point because many of us collect the computers that we
> remember from when we were kids - either we used them or lusted over them.


Understood.  I definitely feel the same.  In high school I lusted after 
the S-100 machines I saw in BYTE.  Now I have a decent stable of 
Altairs, IMSAIs, and even a Sol-20.  Along with a few SWTPC machines to 
represent the 'other side'.  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!).  -J

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