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From: rat@madnix.UUCP (David Douthitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Z-80 card for CP/M
Message-ID: <801@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 27 Aug 89 19:30:10 GMT
References: <2853@ndsuvax.UUCP> <7499@microsoft.UUCP>
Reply-To: rat@madnix.UUCP (David Douthitt)
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Organization: ARP Software, Madison, WI
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Scott Wilken (nuwilken@ndsuvax.UUCP) wrote:

| I am considering purchasing a Z-80 card for my //gs.  I understand that they
| can only address 64k, but I fell that such a card can be had cheaply, and
| access many languages (im mainly interested in Modula-II, which I cant seem
| to find an apple version of), it may be worth it.

There are many languages for CP/M and ZCPR:

	- Turbo Pascal v3.0
	- Turbo Modula-2
	- Small-C
	- BDS C v6.0
	- ZBASIC
	- MBASIC and CBASIC (I *HAD* to say it!)
	- Microsoft FORTRAN
	- Eco-C (I THINK)
	- Mix C
	- F83 (Forth, public domain)

I bought my original Microsoft Z80 SoftCard for $50 at a swapfest.  Later, I
replaced it with a PCPI Applicard Z80 card that I bought out of the wantads
in Computer Shopper for $40.  In both cases, the system software was included.

Both are nice cards - but the PCPI runs faster, allows the Apple II to CONTINUE
running, and will run ZCPR 3.3.  Also, people tend to equate "Apple CP/M" with
"Microsoft Softcard" - durned annoying, if you ask me.

	[david]


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