Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 02:41:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Darwin...was, Re: Better than politics!

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005, Barry L. Newton wrote:

> Of course, enlightened computer users knew that when you bought an IBM PC,
> the thing to do was discard the trashy PC-DOS operating system that came
> free with the machine and spend another $50 or whatever to get CPM-386, the
> far more sophisticated CPM derivative.  The marketplace never really bought
> into this notion, and CPM is rather hard to find now.

I've got CPM on a Kaypro IV (another relic of the past!) down in the
cellar.  Once tried to see if Freecycle would find a good home for it --
it's perfectly good for nondemanding tasks -- but they wouldn't touch it.

-- Dick Eney