Re: Which CPM systems are most popular?

On 2/26/25 3:49 PM, yeti wrote:

For me it was just CP/M what I used.  At home on TRS-80, later C128 and
after those emulations, some on micro-controllers, some on PCs.  Not so
far ago a Z80-MBC2 joined my zoo, but launching an emulation just stays
faster.  At work I used more diverse hardware, but I only cared about
which one, when I had to transfer files between them because finding a
compatible disk format instead of needing Kermit was like winning the
lottery.
 My nostalgia is attached to CP/M, instead of to a specific machine.
 

Good point.  I've never used emulators for 'real work'.  Only to program/debug code to be eventually sent to a real vintage machine.  It keeps the hours down on the old hardware.
And I too recall the horrors of multiple disk formats!  Sheesh, what a pain.  I usually just ended up compressing everything (I think with LBR and SQUEEZE) and send it over via XMODEM to be received on a PC with PROCOMM.  The PC was my repository.  I'd then download to whatever other machine was the target.
-J