23 Aug
2012
23 Aug
'12
9:33 p.m.
> I'm not sure if cpm was available for the
apple 1 but thatd be another
> cheaper option is a replica-1 running cpm.
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012, geneb wrote:
I don't know if CP/M was ever ported to the 6502,
but even if it was,
you'd be stuck for software as it's all 8080,8085 or Z-80 based.
Not CP/M-6502. (although there was a CP/M-68K)
Instead, the "Microsoft Z80 SoftCard".
A Z80 co-processor card, WITH CP/M included for the Apple ][.
Sorry, not the Apple 1.
It was extremely popular. At one point, APPLE declared that 25% of
Apple][ owners had one! (And THAT was before the generic clones of it
became available)
It is rumored that one of the people on IBM's entry-systems project group
had one, and that THAT was why they originally thought that Microsoft was
the source wherein to get CP/M! Microsoft sent them to DRI. The
culture clash at 801 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove sent IBM back to
Microsoft.
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