CP/M
CP/M (Control Program for Microcomputers[3]) was an Operating System for computers used in the 1970s and early 1980. Originally, it supported up to 64 kb of main memory. It was command-line based, and came before MS-DOS.
 A screenshot of CP/M-80. | |
| Developer | Digital Research, Inc. / Gary Kildall |
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| Written in | PL/M |
| Working state | Historic |
| Source model | Originally closed source, now open source[1] |
| Latest release | 3.1 / 1983[2] |
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| Platforms | Intel 8080, Intel 8085, Zilog Z80, Intel 8086, Motorola 68000 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic kernel |
| Default user interface | Command line interface |
| License | Originally proprietary, now BSD-like |
| Official website | Digital Research official CP/M page |
CP/M Media
CP/M advertisement in the 29 November 1982 issue of InfoWorld magazine
Apple CP/M Card with manual
CP/M Plus (CP/M 3) System Guide
DEC PRO-CP/M-80 floppy-disk distribution for the Z80-A co-processor in a DEC Professional 3xx series
Sanco 8001 computer, running under CP/M 2.2 (1982)
CP/M cartridge for the Commodore 64
Screenshot showing a CP/M 3.0 directory listing using the DIR command on a Commodore 128 home computer
CP/M advertisement in the 11 December 1978 issue of InfoWorld magazine
Distribution 51⁄4-inch diskettes and packaging for the last version (version 4) of WordStar word processing program released for 8-bit CP/M
MBASIC text output displayed on a monochrome monitor typical for that time
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Sources
- ↑ CP/M collection is back online with an Open Source licence The Register, November 26, 2001
- ↑ Mann, Stephen (15 August 1983). "CP/M Plus, a third, updated version of CP/M". Info World. 5 (33): 49ff. ISSN 0199-6649.
- ↑ Newton, Harry (2000). Newton's Telecom Dictionary. New York, NY: CMP Books. pp. 228. ISBN 1-57820-053-9.
