NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/os/cpm/1523

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Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!news!nosc!crash!cwr
From: [e-mail] (Will Rose)
Subject: Re: Wither ZCPR?
Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA
Date: 31 Dec 92 10:55:02 PST
Message-ID: <1992Dec31.105502.13385@crash>
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Steven Christensen ([e-mail]) wrote:
:
: Hi,
:
:     I am windering if Z-Systems ZCPR is available on the net?
: I know there are some SIMTEL-20 subdirectores, but I can't figure out
: what they contain, and what I need to get for ZCPR.
:
:         Thanks,
:         Steven

I've just bought NZCOM from Jay Sage's wife's (brother's cousin's dog's)
outfit, and at $50 it's a steal.  I brought up ZCPR3.3 some years ago the
hard way, compiling each unit and then linking the system, (at least I
had an older Z-system to work in) and NZCOM is an enormous improvement,
and really just as compact.  If I were bringing up Z again, I'd simply
buy NZCOM straight away - it's not worth fiddling with older versions
unless the hardware is unusually intractable.

They also do a full set of current Z-sys utilities, which is a good idea
if you don't have easy net access.  In fact, with the dearth of CP/M
archives around the place I'm not sure you *could* get hold of a full
set of utilities/help files without enormous phone charges.

There is a suprising amount of good work being done in CP/M, if you can
find it, and Sage's outfit is a good place to start looking.  The other
is probably The Computer Journal, [phone].

Good luck - Will
[e-mail]