25 Feb
2003
25 Feb
'03
2:49 p.m.
Hmm... Would anyone be willing/able to explain the CP/M-86 OS to me --
either on or off the list? I'm still new enough that DOS was my world until
Windoze came along...
Cheers
Ed
San Antonio, Tx, USA
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Subject: Re: Floppy drive for Zenith 100
From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com>
Date: 02/20/2003 7:58 PM
Sure -- that's how I set mine up, but to me, running MS-DOS on it makes it
too
much like a run-of-the-mill PC, whereas running CP/M-86 gives it more of a
"vintage" flavor. Make sense? (I'm not feeling very articulate today)
Later --
Glen
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On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 acme(a)ao.net wrote:
> > OR you can get a copy of MS-DOS 4.00 and patch it to run on the
Z-100.
Jeez, Joe, now I'm really gagging. MS-DOS on a Z-100? Yuck.
The Z-100 was intended as a dual OS machine. You had the best
(presumably) of both worlds: CP/M and MS-DOS. 
25 Feb
25 Feb
6:01 p.m.
Basicly it was the CP/M system ported to the Intel
CPU. Along with the Zenith, the DEC Rainbow used it
(and CP/M-80, CCP/M, MSDOS). TMK both had dual
x80 and x86 processors. I also have a binder put out by
Xerox which has Digital Researches original manual
CP/M-86 Programmers Guide, so possibly Xerox had a
machine that used it. It's dated 3rd edition, January 1983
I believe the OS is still available out there, possibly on
Tim Olmsteads old site now run by Gene Buckle.
Lawrence
On 25 Feb 2003, , Tillman, Edward wrote:
Hmm... Would anyone be willing/able to explain the
CP/M-86
OS to me -- either on or off the list? I'm still new enough
that DOS was my world until Windoze came along...
Cheers
Ed
San Antonio, Tx, USA
lgwalker@ mts.net
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org@PEUSA On Behalf Of
acme(a)ao.net Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 4:13 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Floppy drive for
Zenith 100
From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com>
Date: 02/20/2003 7:58 PM
Sure -- that's how I set mine up, but to me, running
MS-DOS on it makes it too much like a run-of-the-mill PC,
whereas running CP/M-86 gives it more of a "vintage"
flavor. Make sense? (I'm not feeling very articulate
today)
Later --
Glen
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application/ms-tnef] On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 acme(a)ao.net wrote:
> > OR you can get a copy of MS-DOS 4.00 and patch it to
> > run on the
Z-100.
Jeez, Joe, now I'm really gagging. MS-DOS on a Z-100?
Yuck.
The Z-100 was intended as a dual OS machine. You had
the best (presumably) of both worlds: CP/M and MS-DOS. 
26 Feb
26 Feb
2:20 a.m.
At 12:39 AM 2/26/03 -0600, you wrote:
Basicly it was the CP/M system ported to the Intel
CPU.
Yes, ported to the 8086 which was the first intel 16 bit CPU (before the 8088).
That's why it was called CPM-86.
Along with the Zenith, the DEC Rainbow used it
(and CP/M-80, CCP/M, MSDOS). TMK both had dual
x80 and x86 processors. I also have a binder put out by
Xerox which has Digital Researches original manual
CP/M-86 Programmers Guide, so possibly Xerox had a
machine that used it.
Correct, XEROX made a model 8/16 that had two CPUs, one 8 bit and 16 bit. I THINK one
was a Z-80 and the other was a 8086 but I'm not sure any more. I used to have the docs
for an 8/16 and I've been looking for one but haven't managed to find one yet.
Joe
It's dated 3rd edition, January 1983
I believe the OS is still available out there,
possibly on
Tim Olmsteads old site now run by Gene Buckle.
Lawrence
On 25 Feb 2003, , Tillman, Edward wrote:
Hmm... Would anyone be willing/able to explain
the CP/M-86
OS to me -- either on or off the list? I'm still new enough
that DOS was my world until Windoze came along...
Cheers
Ed
San Antonio, Tx, USA
lgwalker@ mts.net -----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org@PEUSA On Behalf Of
acme(a)ao.net Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 4:13 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Floppy drive for
Zenith 100
From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com>
Date: 02/20/2003 7:58 PM
[demime 1.01a removed an attachment of type
application/ms-tnef] On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 acme(a)ao.net wrote:
> > OR you can get a copy of MS-DOS 4.00 and patch it to
> > run on the
Z-100.
>
> Jeez, Joe, now I'm really gagging. MS-DOS on a Z-100?
> Yuck.
The Z-100 was intended as a dual OS machine. You had
the best (presumably) of both worlds: CP/M and MS-DOS.
Sure -- that's how I set mine up, but to me, running
MS-DOS on it makes it too much like a run-of-the-mill PC,
whereas running CP/M-86 gives it more of a "vintage"
flavor. Make sense? (I'm not feeling very articulate
today)
Later --
Glen
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