>Do you honestly believe Microsoft designs and manufacturers these >hardware items?
Microsoft actually designed and sold a CP/M (CP/M-80 in this case) card for the Apple ][. The package included a Z-80 card of rather unique design, and a copy of CP/M on a ][-formatted floppy disk. Naturally, this strategy was designed to sell certain CP/M-based Microsoft software products to Apple ][ owners ... primarily various compilers and the predecessor of Excel. Someone else made an 8-inch floppy controller for the ][, and that allowed use of Microsoft's (and many other's) standard releases which were then on 8" diskettes. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
