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Re: CPM... remeber it?!

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From: Ivan the TERRIBLE
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1991 23:56
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In article <9131620.24739@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, carl@ecr.mu.oz.au (Ivan the TERRIBLE) writes:
> 
> 
> Remember the good old days of appledos 3.3, msdos 1.0, and the c64?
> 
> my old friend the 6502...  old enemy the 8088  :)
> 
> well, one of my favorite 'old' O/S's was CPM, on the Z80, and it ran 
> turbo pascal very nicely, thru a Z80 card in my apple ][ europlus(1979 at
> it's mightyest!, and I can *still* get software!!!)
> 
> The question is, is there a CPM emulator around?  I have turbo pascal, 
> and some old beauties that ran under CPM.  If IBeM can emulate an 8088,
> then, even consdiering the Z80's superirority  :), is there such a beast
> for the Amiga?  Preferably software!, Or should I go dinosaur hunting 
> elsewhere   :-)

And the answer is on ff186, called SimCPM.zoo!!

Thanks to everyone who posted  :)

There are a few others I believe, but this one will run turbopascal, 
and that's all I wanted!!!(I wouldn't want it for the graphics!!!)

again, thanks for the help


 Annal  Natrach, Usthvah Spethed,                        carl@ecr.mu.oz.au
 Dochoel Dienve                                   Chem Eng, uni of Melbourne

 Merlin, where are you?  Call your dragon, to weave a mist...
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From: carl@ecr.mu.oz.au (Ivan the TERRIBLE)
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Subject: Re: CPM...  remeber it?!
Summary: found it!!  Thanks
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