On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:19:59 -0500 "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The C128 was interesting in that it had 2 processors. It would > switch to the Z80 processor when running in the CP/M mode. It also > ran CP/M 3 or CP/M Plus (Different names for the same thing.) so you > could use more then 64K of RAM using memory paging. It's my understanding that the CP/M mode of the C128 was very under-utilized and under-appreciated. I had a rather good accounting program that just happened to be a full-fledged database program as well. I thought it was called "TAS: The Accounting Solution", but I just looked that up and there still is a "TAS: The Accounting Solution" and all they mentioned there was DOS so it might have been something else. It was definitely CP/M; I remember that it came on Kaypro formatted disks and the Commodore 1571 drive read them with no problem. I also learned dBase II on the C128 in CP/M mode. I had a fairly decent little collection of CP/M software for my C128, at one time.... -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
