Comments by "Lawrence D’Oliveiro" (@lawrencedoliveiro9104) on "Using CP/M - Computerphile" video.

  1. CP/M was strongly influenced by DEC minicomputer timesharing operating systems of the 1970s. The name “PIP” (“Peripheral Interchange Program”) for the file management utility is exactly that of a corresponding DEC utility found across several of its OSes. Only of course the DEC versions had a lot more functionality. One thing, though: DEC OSes had multi-character device names; pity CP/M had to “simplify” them down to a single letter.
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  2. It must be a pain to have to put up with drive letters and .BAT files in this day and age. I’m glad I don’t have to use an antiquated toy OS.
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  3. Windows? I rest my case.
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