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>
>Now this is where things start to get tricky. PC-DOS 1 did not have any
>subdirectory capability. i.e. there were no such commands as MKDIR (MD)
>RMDIR (RM) or CHDIR (CD) and no:
>.
>..
>
MS/PCDOS 1 was ok on 320k floppies.  But the limit on directory entries to
112 and no sub directories ment you could have only 112 files on a 10 Meg
hard drive.

My first experience with CP/M (and Microsoft) was a Microsoft Z80 plug-in
for the Apple II.  My early PCs also had Z80 plug-ins so that I could use
my Microsoft CP/M basic complier for 8080 software development.  Digital
Research DOS Plus allowed one to read both DOS and CP/M disks, A great boon
at that time.

Mike Vince