26 Aug
2012
26 Aug
'12
6:19 a.m.
On 25 Aug 2012 at 23:07, Eric Smith wrote:
The Intel MDS-800 was the canonical CP/M machine, in
that it was the
only machine directly supported by Digital Research, at least for 1.x
and 2.x.
It was a convenient verification. For example, both MP/M and MP/M II
shipped on SSSD 8" floppies and would boot on an MDS. So if you were
doing a port to a new system, you could always boot the "standard" to
see how things really worked.
Otherwise, you were guessing. The MP/M CBIOS/XIOS could be a real
hassle to figure out.
--Chuck