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CP/M
Cpmz80.png
A screenshot of CP/M-80.
Company / developer Digital Research, Inc. / Gary Kildall
Programmed in PL/M
Working state Historic
Source model Originally closed source, now open source
Latest stable release 3.1 / 1983
Available programming languages(s) Assembly language, BASIC, Modula-2, Pascal etc.
Supported platforms Intel 8080, Intel 8085, Zilog Z80, Intel 8086, Motorola 68000
Kernel type Monolithic kernel
Default user interface Command line interface
License Originally proprietary, now BSD-like
Official website Digital Research official CP/M page: http://www.digitalresearch.biz/CPM.HTM

CP/M (Control Program for Microcomputers) was an Operating System for computers used in the 1970s and early 1980. Originally, it supported up to 64 kb of main memory. It was command-line based, and came before MS-DOS.

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