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From: vspicer@ccu.umanitoba.ca
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Subject: DisplayWriter and CP/M 86
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Date: 24 Dec 90 16:24:39 GMT
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Hello net world. I recently found CP/M 86 for the IBM DisplayWriter.
It appears to function well and makes what was otherwise a word processor
into a real computer of sorts. In the setup.cmd program it has configurations
for communication ports which it can't detect. From this I presume the
DisplayWriter can have communucation ports but this unit doesn't. Any ideas
where I can find such a board? Hopefully they are standard RS232's. 
Also of course now we need software. Does anyone out there have anything
for CP/M 86 formatted to a DisplayWriter readable 8" disk. The stuff of
interest would be:
	some sort of database (dbase 2?)
	some sort of spreadsheet (supercalc?)
	programming languages (mbasic, pl/1, fortran, cbasic, pascal)
	communications program to go with serial board
 
maybe i'm working on the silly assumption that such stuff actually made
it to CP/M 86, but it seems to be a pretty good, fast OS. also, does
anyone have some technical specs on the DisplayWriter? We didn't get any
manuals with it.
 
						thanks and have a good holiday
							vic spicer