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Re: Professional 350 System...

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From: CP/M lives!
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 20:58
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In article <1992Aug10.132603.2991@memstvx1.memst.edu>, flowers@memstvx1.memst.edu (Harry Flowers) writes:
> I always thought the 16-bit processor was for MS-DOS, and the 8-bit for CP/M.
> Of course, the 8-bit processor handled the I/O for the 16-bit one when running
> MS-DOS.  

Not really. The Z-80 ran the floppy and, I think, the keyboard. The 8088
ran everything else.

Roger Ivie
ivie@cc.usu.edu
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From: ivie@cc.usu.edu (CP/M lives!)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Professional 350 System...
Message-ID: <1992Aug10.145830.58029@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 10 Aug 92 14:58:30 MDT
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