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    CP/M (or Control Program for Microcomputers) was the leading business-oriented operating systems for early microprocessors and microcomputers.

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Intended purpose

server/mainframe: not appropriate

desktop/workstation: small microcomputer systems

handheld: not appropriate

real time: not appropriate

Kind of OS: proprietary

Release Date:

Current Version: obsolete

    CP/M, an operating system for microcomputers, was created by Gary Kildall in 1976.

Cost:

Hardware Supported: Intel 8080, Intel 8085, Zilog Z-80

Maximum Number of Processors: 1

Number of bits: 8

Memory map:

Kernel: proprietary

    In CP/M, a small program called the Monitor is loaded into memory when the computer is started and remains in memory until the computer is shutdown. The Monitor will load a new program at the user’s request and run the program by using the call (jump to subroutine) instruction.

POSIX: not supported

Peripherals: many

File Systems Supported:

Other Systems Emulated: none

Graphics Engine: none

Text Command Shell: Monitor

User Interface (graphic): none

Graphic Command Shell: none

Disabled support: none

Internet Services: none

Application Programs:

Security:

Other:

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