23 Aug
2012
23 Aug
'12
2:02 p.m.
On Wed, 22 Aug 2012, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
While I like the Kaypros, I prefer my TRS-80 Model 4 as a CP/M system.
I think the idea of 'best CP/M system' is meaningless. 'Best' for what?
I must admit I was never a fan of CP/M. I liked (and still kike) the
TRS-80 Model 4), but I run LS-DOS on it. Very rarely to I boot CP/M. SO i
guess I like that machine because I don't ahve to run CP/M on it.
My favourite CP/M box is, I think, the Epson QC10. Interesting hardware
at least. A 7220 for graphics, those lovely voice-coil floppy drives, etc.
Does a non-CP/M box count? The Tatung Einstein? It runs soemthing called
XtalDOS which is very CP/M-like (I think most of the calls are the same).
For plain 'odd' the HP120 / HP125 come high up the list (those machines
have very simialr hardwre, just physically built differently). A paiur of
Z80s, one running CP/M, the other acting as a text termninal,
communicting via a parallel interface. And it uses those HP HPIB drive
untis.
For versatility, I guess an S100 machine is desirable. Not that I was
ever really into that bus.
-tony
I think
Kaypros are among the best CP/M machines ever built.
I like the Kaypros fine, but I like the Commodore 128 better for CP/M. It
may be slow, but it's a nice implementation.