CP/M facts for kids
A screenshot of CP/M-80.
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Company / developer | Digital Research, Inc. / Gary Kildall |
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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.
Images for kids
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CP/M cartridge for the Commodore 64
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CP/M derivate SCP running on an East German robotron PC 1715
See also
In Spanish: CP/M para niños
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