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From: a577@mindlink.UUCP (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: Non-Intel Bashing...
Message-ID: <1427@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 5 Apr 90 20:38:40 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> JSHIN@HAMPVMS.BITNET writes:
> 
> Someone should come up with the guts and money to speed up Z80;
> with current AS-TTL technology, we can pull it up to 100MHz!!!

Well, I personally think that that would be a good idea, but I'm not sure how
necessary it is.  I currently do all my word processing on a Kaypro II with a
couple of floppy drives, and in most cases it's considerably faster than an
hard drive equipped IBM AT.  My total time from boot up to the opening screen
of WordStar is less than ten seconds.  My modem program is a heck of a lot
faster to move around in and dial than Telix, too.    I think that the CP/M
machines are still d*mn useful, even if they are "obselete."  And after setting
up a brand new Mac with a hard drive for someone, I wouldn't hesitate to
recommend a used Kaypro or whatever (assuming it came with the original disks
and manuals) to any computer novice looking for an easy-to-use basic word
processing system.  (I'll reccomend the Mac to anyone who likes to spend hours
fiddling with FontMovers and obscure setup commands for desktop accessories and
the like.)

                  -CJS       ( Curt_Sampson@mindlink.UUCP )