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CP/M-86

CP/M-86 is a discontinued version of the CP/M operating system that Digital Research (DR) made for the Intel 8086 and Intel 8088. The system commands are the same as in CP/M-80. Executable files used the relocatable .CMD file format. Digital Research also produced a multi-user multitasking operating system compatible with CP/M-86, MP/M-86, which later…

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Available in
English
Default user interface
Command-line interface
Developer
Digital Research, Inc. / Gary Kildall / Kathryn Strutynski
Initial release
November 1981; 44 years ago (1981-11)
Kernel type
Monolithic kernel
License
Originally proprietary, now BSD-like[citation needed]

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CP/M-86

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Edges69
Triples68
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028571
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CP/M-86

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related to history · 33
CP/M-86 → After, Andy Johnson-Laird, August, BIOS, CP/M, CP/M-80, CP/M-like, Digital Research, Digital Research's, Digital Research's CP/M-86, DOS, DRI's, Gary Kildall, IBM, IBM Displaywriter, IBM PC, IBM's, In November, It, Microsoft
related to Reception · 6
CP/M-86 → CP/M, CP/M-86's, DOS, It, PC, PC Magazine
related to Versions · 6
CP/M-86 → All, BDOS, CP/M-86 Plus, One, Personal CP/M-86, Versions
related to Further reading · 5
CP/M-86 → Dahmke, ISBN, Mark, McGraw-Hill, The Byte Guide
see also · 2
CP/M-86 → History, SpeedStart CP/M-86DOS Plus
Available in · 1
CP/M-86 → English
Default user interface · 1
CP/M-86 → Command-line interface
Developer · 1
CP/M-86 → Digital Research, Inc. / Gary Kildall / Kathryn Strutynski
Initial release · 1
CP/M-86 → November 1981; 44 years ago (1981-11)
Kernel type · 1
CP/M-86 → Monolithic kernel

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cp m-86 ibm pc system dos operating digital research version concurrent also applications versions microsoft ms-dos announced software m-80 dri

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CP/M-86Available inEnglish1.00infobox
CP/M-86Default user interfaceCommand-line interface1.00infobox
CP/M-86DeveloperDigital Research, Inc. / Gary Kildall / Kathryn Strutynski1.00infobox
CP/M-86Initial releaseNovember 1981; 44 years ago (1981-11)1.00infobox
CP/M-86Kernel typeMonolithic kernel1.00infobox
CP/M-86LicenseOriginally proprietary, now BSD-like[citation needed]1.00infobox
CP/M-86OS familyCP/M1.00infobox
CP/M-86Preceded by(CP/M-80 2.2)1.00infobox
CP/M-86Source modelOriginally closed source, now open source1.00infobox
CP/M-86Succeeded byConcurrent CP/M-86 3.01.00infobox
CP/M-86Supported platformsIntel 80861.00infobox
CP/M-86Working stateHistoric1.00infobox
CP/M-86is adiscontinued version of the CP/M operating system that Digital Research0.90text

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