19 Sep
1998
19 Sep
'98
9:10 p.m.
On Sep 19, 19:03, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Subject: Re: CP/M definition
Sam Ismail wrote:
The first line on page 1 of my CP/M 2.2 manual says "CP/M? is a
monitor/control program ..."
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
This is from the CP/M FAQ:
Q3: Does CP/M stand for anything?
A: (Don Kirkpatrick)
There are at least three popular answers - Control Program for
Microcomputers, Control Program for Microprocessors, and Control
Program/Monitor. The issue is clouded by authors of popular CP/M
books giving different answers. According to Gary Kildall (the
author of CP/M), in response to a direct question on the PBS show
"The Computer Chronicles" following Computer Bowl I, the answer is:
Control Program for Microcomputers. This is also consistent with
DRI documentation. See, for example, p. 4 of the DRI TEX manual.
If this is true then someone is lying (perhaps even Kildall himself).
"Control Program for Microcomputers" is what I recall from magazine
articles in the 70s and it's what's used in my CP/M 3.0 manuals. 
19 Sep
19 Sep
10:19 p.m.
Pete Turnbull wrote:
On Sep 19, 19:03, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
It is indeed a monitor/control program. That does not mean that that
is what the initials stand for. In the same way I can say that WG is
a weird geek. (Actually, it's other people who usually say that -- I
just don't actively [or actually] disagree with them).
--
Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked me if I had any
firearms with me. I said "Well, what do you need?" -- Steven Wright
Subject: Re: CP/M definition
Sam Ismail wrote:
The first line on page 1 of my CP/M 2.2 manual says "CP/M? is a
monitor/control program ..."
This is from the CP/M FAQ:
Q3: Does CP/M stand for anything?
A: (Don Kirkpatrick)
There are at least three popular answers - Control Program for
Microcomputers, Control Program for Microprocessors, and Control
Program/Monitor. The issue is clouded by authors of popular CP/M
books giving different answers. According to Gary Kildall (the
author of CP/M), in response to a direct question on the PBS show
"The Computer Chronicles" following Computer Bowl I, the answer is:
Control Program for Microcomputers. This is also consistent with
DRI documentation. See, for example, p. 4 of the DRI TEX manual.
If this is true then someone is lying (perhaps even Kildall himself).
"Control Program for Microcomputers" is what I recall from magazine
articles in the 70s and it's what's used in my CP/M 3.0 manuals.
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