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I think it is pretty unreasonable to call CP/M "primitive beyond belief". It was basically equivalent to MS-DOS in capability -- after all, MS-DOS was basically
by jhbadger 8mo ago
I think it is pretty unreasonable to call CP/M "primitive beyond belief". It was basically equivalent to MS-DOS in capability -- after all, MS-DOS was basically an unlicensed clone of CP/M for the 8086.
- andrewstuart 8mo agoYes. Primitive behind belief. There was a time in the world when most PC users could drive the C prompt.
- oncallthrow 8mo agoI suspect more computer users in total can use the terminal today than then
- michaelcampbell 8mo agoOnly because more exist. As a % of total, I highly doubt that.
- xp84 8mo agoMore in number, or as a percentage of people who use computers? I’d believe the first one, but not the second. Even if you didn’t count the many people who only use completely closed systems like iOS, Chromebook, or the ordering kiosk at McDonalds in the denominator.
- andylynch 8mo agoIt is said be way of comparison to modern platforms. Which seems pretty accurate.
- whobre 8mo ago> after all, MS-DOS was basically an unlicensed clone of CP/M for the 8086. Eh, not really. The file system was very different and these early operating systems were mostly a file system. The system calls were almost identical…
- zozbot234 8mo ago> It was basically equivalent to MS-DOS in capability MS-DOS 2.0 was a huge improvement, the first release didn't even support subdirectories or hard drives.
- loloquwowndueo 8mo agoMs-dos was primitive beyond belief. Barely more than a program loader.