How to experience CP/M-80 1.4?

In the last post, we saw how to experience 86-DOS. 86-DOS was a clone of CP/M. In this tutorial, we are going to use CP/M 1.4. Like 86-DOS, it also requires a special emulator which can be downloaded from here:

• CP/M-80 1.4 for Linux
• CP/M-80 1.4 for Windows

Using CP/M-80 1.4

It is very easy to start using CP/M-80 1.4. On Linux, extract the above archive and right click on the cpm1.sh file and choose "Run as a Program" or run the shell file the way you run any other shell file. On Windows, extract the above archive and double click the Runme.bat file. The Virtual Machine will start.

That's it! We used CP/M-80 1.4, an operating system launched in 1982 after 40 years (at the time of writing this tutorial).

Manuals

• CP/M 1.3 Introduction
• CP/M 1.4 Interface Guide
• CP/M 1.4 System Alteration Guide
• Introduction to CP/M Features and Facilities (CP/M 1.4)
• CP/M Summary Guide (CP/M 1.4)
• CP/M 1.4 ED User's Manual
• CP/M 1.4 Assembler User's Guide
• CP/M 1.4 Dynamic Debugging Tool User's Guide

Related Pages

• Wikipedia
• The Unofficial CP/M Web site
• Gaby's Homepage for CP/M and Computer History
• Commercial CP/M Software (Retro Archive)
• A lots of other links

Credits

The emulator which is linked above was created by Peter Schorn. You can visit his website to download the original emulator and lots of other software.