From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from slb01-34.alb02.mhonline.net ([66.109.36.34] helo=mhonline.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18PUzy-0003Wg-00 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:48:02 -0500 Received: (qmail 14378 invoked from network); 20 Dec 2002 21:47:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO champion.mhonline.net) ([216.207.132.153]) (envelope-sender ) by smtp.mhonline.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 20 Dec 2002 21:47:29 -0000 Received: from champion.mhonline.net (IDENT:1003@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by champion.mhonline.net (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id gBKLlNJR006720 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:47:26 -0500 Received: from localhost (chuckh@localhost) by champion.mhonline.net (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) with ESMTP id gBKLlM42006717 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:47:22 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:47:22 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Hallenbeck To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: a bit of trivia I found interesting In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: There were versions of CP/M for a number of early processors, including the Intel 8080, the Zilog Z80, and the Motorola 68000, plus probably some others. Each of those processors also supported other operating systems as well, though none of them was a popular as CP/M, which stood for "Control Program for Microprocessors." On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, dashielljt wrote: > If a Z80 processor is a CP/M processor, will someone please explain why > whenever anyone uses a CP/M operating system the operating system has to > be loaded from a floppy or hard drive? > > Jude > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- The Moon is Waning Gibbous (99% of Full) So visit me sometime at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh