CP/M-86
Discontinued computer operating system for x86 processors / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[nb 1] Digital Research also produced a multi-user multitasking operating system compatible with CP/M-86, MP/M-86, which later evolved into Concurrent CP/M-86. When an emulator was added to provide PC DOS compatibility, the system was renamed Concurrent DOS, which later became Multiuser DOS, of which REAL/32 is the latest incarnation. The FlexOS, DOS Plus, and DR DOS families of operating systems started as derivations of Concurrent DOS as well.
Developer | Digital Research, Inc. / Gary Kildall / Kathryn Strutynski |
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OS family | CP/M |
Working state | Historic |
Source model | Originally closed source, now open source[1] |
Initial release | November 1981; 42 years ago (1981-11)[2] |
Available in | English |
Platforms | Intel 8086 |
Kernel type | Monolithic kernel |
Default user interface | Command-line interface |
License | Originally proprietary, now BSD-like[citation needed] |
Preceded by | (CP/M-80 2.2) |
Succeeded by | Concurrent CP/M-86 3.0 |