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Subject: Compupro Gear
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Date: Sat, 17-Mar-84 07:03:08 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 17 07:03:08 1984
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From:      Charlie Strom (NYU) 


I agree with your high opinion of Compupro hardwarem, and low opinion of
their software, although Tony Pietsch's stuff is a leap forward in
capability and is presently being shipped (2.2 for sure; I have not seen
a CP/M-86 implementation from him yet). I second the motion on Tommy
Lanier's BIOSes and XIOS for MP/M-86 - excellent and very reasonably priced,
though you must have a little hacker in you to bring it up cleanly (why
have an S-100 system if you aren't a hacker?)
I am running both standard 8" and minifloppies on my Gifford MP/M-816
system; this requires two Disk-1 controllers! Hopefully, the Disk-1A
will get around this problem, but I think the board is about as real as
the SPU-Z (meaning not yet released). I can read IBM or Morrow MD formats
on the mini, useful now that DRI is distributing theor software on IBM
compatible minis.