cp/m favorite?

I remember hearing the Osborne likened to a VW, the Kaypro to a Chevy, and the Otrona to a BMW. I had an Osborne and Otrona, while a friend had a Kaypro. Between the Osborne and Kaypro, I'd probably go with the Kaypro now -- larger screen, slightly better graphics (IIRC), but it has a strange disk format that makes copying to other formats more difficult. The Otrona's still the coolest of the three, and if you can get an 8:16, you can easily use it to copy disks to/from IBM PC 360KB format. Desktop CP/M machines (as opposed to luggables) are a different subject, of which I have little knowledge. Always heard good things about Epsons, except that they often went down strange proprietary paths and never got much market share. Bob -----Original Message----- From: J.C. Wren [mailto:jcwren@jcwren.com] Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 8:44 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: RE: cp/m favorite? And the ever popular Otrona, which I personally consider a little nicer than the Kaypros. However, for sheer cool, nothing beat the IMSAI. One day, I will have space to light mine up again. Living on a houseboat is great, but sometimes the space issue is a little frusterating. Like there's no room for a PDP/11 here... --John gil smith wrote: itch