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Need help identifying CP/M 86 3.1 package

callmejackcallmejack
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Hello,
before I upload some floppy disks I need some help identifying what it is exactly.
I have 2 binders related to CP/M 86 3.1, but with the same set of floppies.

Binder 1


Binder 2


Any idea what it is exactly and if it's already uploaded in the library or not ?

Comments

  • callmejackcallmejack
    What confuses me is that the binder says it’s the operating system but none of the disks are bootable.
  • SomeGuySomeGuy
    CompuPro is not an IBM PC compatible machine. Your binder does not match the disks. This is not for IBM PC.

    Not precisely sure what "CompuPro" machine this is for. I thought the 8/16 used 8" disks. Probably the CompuPro 10 or CompuPro 10 Plus.

    On a lot of this Digital Research stuff, the only place they state that is on the binder's sticker.

    Do both disk sets have identical contents?



  • callmejackcallmejack
    Yes, both disk sets have the same content, it's just the documentation which differs from one binder to the other.
    After reading the introduction of th manual I think that it's a cp/m development package, with source code, that can be used to customize cp/m to different machines.




    I confirm that I can read content of disks when booting first on an IBM PC compatible with CP/M 3.1 boot disk (which is not included in this package).

    Disks 1-3

    Disks 4-6

  • SomeGuySomeGuy
    Ah, OK, that explains a few things. That is why there is both a disk for "PC" and "Compupro".

    In which case "boot" probably means sources to make a boot disk, not an actual boot disk.

    Very confusing that DR just calls this "Concurrent CP-M/86 Operating System", but traditionally with CP/M DR did not provide compiled bootable media for end users - that was the job of the OEM.
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