CP/M Definition

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:40 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

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Solutions: CP/M (Control Program For Microcomputers): An operating system used on many of the earlier microcomputers using the 8-bit Intel 8080 and Zilog microprocessor. This operating system was based on 8" diskettes, but also used 5.25" diskettes. This was the first "interchangeable" operating system, meaning it could exchange data between two different brands of computers easily. CP/M is a command-line operating system that requires users to observe a fussy syntax as they type system commands. CP/M closely resembles MS-DOS; in fact, MS-DOS is a clone of CP/M and was designed to facilitate the translation of 8-bit CP/M business software so that the software would run in the new 16-bit IBM Personal Computer environment.

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