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In article <8604022259.AA00201@ucbvax.berkeley.edu> RDROYA01@ULKYVX.BITNET (1) writes:
>
>Two rumors have surfaced on the info-68k list that Atari users may be able
>to answer:
>
>           1.  The Atari ST is running a version of CP/M-68K with GEM
>               built in.  (Could this be true?)

No, this could not be true. The ST uses its own operating system called
TOS or GEMDOS, depending on whether it's Atari or DRI which tells you.

>
>           2.  There exists a generic Z80 emulator (not 8080) in the
>               public domain that allows 68000 machines to run CP/M-80
>               programs and that this program is available for Ataris
>               but is *so* generic that any 68000 based micro could
>               run it.  This is not to be confused with the 8080
>               emulator from recent Dr. Dobb's issues.

The CP/M-Z80 emulator is not Public Domain in the United States, and is not
generic enough to be run on any given 68K computer without modification.

>
>Can anyone verify or refute these rumors?

Yes.


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