Re: an oldie but a goodie?
"Terry Yager" wrote:
> This was originally published in 1989.
> This qualifies as vintage, doesn't it?
From the Website (which I didn't find
funny at all!):
"CP/M:
An antiquated operating system from the
early days of computing, based on
inscrutable prompts like A>, terse
commands, and absurdly backward
conventions such as 11- character limits
on file names. Contrasted with today's
modern versions of DOS."
"Antiquated operating systems from the
early days of computing?"
If I had a PDP based machine (or
something earlier), then according to
them, CP/M was around when a
Harvard Mark I was brand spanking new
or even perhaps a EDSAC. This is what
the early days of electronic computing
was all about. Of course it doesn't
mention "electronic", so they could be
including the abacus!
I can't believe that back in 1989 they
were treating an OS (arguibly) like
CP/M as something as Ol' as a first
generation computer! Because if you
look at it, CP/M came with Computers
like the Amstrad CPC6128 & PCW just
a couple of years. For a Amstrad CPC
6128 it was 4 years & for a PCW it
could well very (I seem to recall this
machine came out in 1985 or 6 &
even later for the later machines).
The PCW was more CP/M based than
the CPC6128! ;-)
And here we have a bunch of jokers
from 1989 saying it's a Antiquated
Operating System from the early days
of Computing.
Darn right this is a joke Terry, a very
sick joke, they should be forced to take
down that website!
It would be so funny to see how the same
people critise machines they would bless
from back then. IBM users do this, they
would ask what dur 86!
Hmmmm,
CP/M User.