Subject:	Re: Hi !
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Date:	Mon, 17 Jul 2000 20:35:55 +0100 (BST)
In-Reply-To:	<20000717.192121.-238167.2.editor@juno.com> from "Bruce Morgen" at Jul 17, 2000 07:21:14
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: > CP/M-86 was based on CP/M 
: > 3, and DOS Plus/DR DOS on CP/M 4).

  Actually, CP/M-86 1.2 is much closer to CP/M 2.  
Personal CP/M-86 2.0 is the equivalent of CP/M 3, though its BDOS is 
version 4.

: I've never heard of "CP/M 4," 
: and I was intimately involved in 
: the 8-bit CP/M world throughout 
: the '80s.  What did I miss?
 
  There never was an 8-bit CP/M 4. There are two 16-bit OSes 
(Personal CP/M-86 and DOSPlus) which both return a BDOS version number of 
4.x.

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