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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>CP/M</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="cowboy.html" title="cowboy"/><link rel="next" href="CPU-Wars.html" title="CPU Wars"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">CP/M</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cowboy.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="CPU-Wars.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="CP-M"/><dt xmlns="" id="CP-M"><b>CP/M</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/C<>P<EFBFBD>M/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Control Program/Monitor; later <a href="../R/retcon.html"><i class="glossterm">retcon</i></a>ned to
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Control Program for Microcomputers] An early microcomputer
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<a href="../O/OS.html"><i class="glossterm">OS</i></a> written by hacker Gary Kildall for 8080- and
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Z80-based machines, very popular in the late 1970s but virtually wiped out
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by MS-DOS after the release of the IBM PC in 1981. Legend has it that
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Kildall's company blew its chance to write the OS for the IBM PC because
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Kildall decided to spend a day IBM's reps wanted to meet with him enjoying
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the perfect flying weather in his private plane (another variant has it
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that Gary's wife was much more interested in packing her suitcases for an
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upcoming vacation than in clinching a deal with IBM). Many of CP/M's
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features and conventions strongly resemble those of early
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<a href="../D/DEC.html"><i class="glossterm">DEC</i></a> operating systems such as
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<a href="../T/TOPS-10.html"><i class="glossterm">TOPS-10</i></a>, OS/8, RSTS, and RSX-11. See
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<a href="../M/MS-DOS.html"><i class="glossterm">MS-DOS</i></a>,
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<a href="../O/operating-system.html"><i class="glossterm">operating system</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cowboy.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="CPU-Wars.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">cowboy<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>CPU Wars</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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