Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site amd70.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!amd70!phil From: phil@amd70.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: Re: CONIX for CP/M - (nf) Message-ID: <4319@amd70.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Feb-84 15:27:42 EST Article-I.D.: amd70.4319 Posted: Sun Feb 12 15:27:42 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 13-Feb-84 03:30:44 EST References: <5295@uiucdcs.UUCP>, <363@aecom.UUCP> Organization: AMD, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 13 Re: an all-ROM CPM, I believe Intel has a device called the 80150 (or maybe 80130, there's one for CPM and one for RMX) which has, among other things, a version of CPM-86 in ROM. I don't know if anyone has used it yet, but I would expect it to have been done by now. So don't be surprised if you run across such a thing. I don't really understand Intel's motive in offering such a thing. They tout a diskless computer system, but who wants to run CPM just for itself? Most people want to run wordstar or visicalc, so you still need a disk. I personally would demand two disks so I could make copies, and so what good does the 80150 do then? -- Phil Ngai (408) 988-7777 {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amd70!phil