From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!info-cpm
Newsgroups: fa.info-cpm
Title: MP/M questions
Article-I.D.: ucbvax.197
Posted: Thu Dec  2 23:54:39 1982
Received: Sat Dec  4 05:05:16 1982

>From LIN@Mit-Mc  Thu Dec  2 23:34:53 1982
To: info-cpm@BRL
Via:  Mit-Mc; 3 Dec 82 1:13-EST
Via:  Brl; 3 Dec 82 1:16-EST
Via:  Brl-Bmd; 3 Dec 82 1:18-EST

1.  assume i want to be running MP/M with a z-80B and a hard disk with two
users doing MINCE-type word processing and maybe a printer job in the
background.  any comments on system degradation?  will response time
be acceptable?  or should i punt and go to a 16 bit multi-user system.

2.  assume I want to run with one terminal, but demand
foreground/background capability.  can i do this on an 8-bit
multi-user system?  will MP/M let me do this?  in principle, i want a
Concurrent CP/M 80 (by analogy to the 8086 version DR puts out), but i
don;t know of such a beast.  failing this, it seems that what i should able to do it just start up as one user a foreground job, and then as another user a background; possible?  help, please.

thanks.