{"id":207957,"date":"2021-03-22T09:40:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T06:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-was-cp-m-and-why-did-it-lose-to-ms-dos\/"},"modified":"2021-03-22T09:40:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T06:40:31","slug":"what-was-cp-m-and-why-did-it-lose-to-ms-dos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-was-cp-m-and-why-did-it-lose-to-ms-dos\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Was CP\/M, and Why Did It Lose to MS-DOS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35d2a70165c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35d2a70165c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-was-cp-m-and-why-did-it-lose-to-ms-dos\/#What_Was_CPM_Anyway\" >What Was CP\/M, Anyway?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-was-cp-m-and-why-did-it-lose-to-ms-dos\/#What_Kind_of_Computers_Ran_CPM\" >What Kind of Computers Ran CP\/M?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-was-cp-m-and-why-did-it-lose-to-ms-dos\/#MS-DOS_Borrowed_a_Lot_from_CPM\" >MS-DOS Borrowed a Lot from CP\/M<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-was-cp-m-and-why-did-it-lose-to-ms-dos\/#Why_Did_MS-DOS_Win_over_CPM\" >Why Did MS-DOS Win over CP\/M?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-was-cp-m-and-why-did-it-lose-to-ms-dos\/#What_Happened_to_CPM\" >What Happened to CP\/M?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#What Was CP\/M, and Why Did It Lose to MS-DOS?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-718362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cpm_hero_4.jpg\" alt=\"CP\/M Operating System logo on a blue background\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Before Microsoft and Intel dominated the PC market with a common platform, the CP\/M operating system did something similar for small business machines in the late 1970s and early 1980s\u2014until MS-DOS pulled the rug out from under it. Here\u2019s more about CP\/M, and why it lost out to MS-DOS.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Was_CPM_Anyway\"><\/span>What Was CP\/M, Anyway?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>CP\/M was a text-based operating system created by American programmer<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gary_Kildall\"> Gary Kildall<\/a> of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Digital_Research\">Digital Research<\/a> in 1974. Its initials stood for \u201cControl Program\/Monitor\u201d at first, but Digital Research changed it to the more friendly \u201cControl Program for Microcomputers\u201d later.<\/p>\n<p>As the price of microcomputers dropped rapidly in the mid-late 1970s, CP\/M, paired with the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zilog_Z80\">Z80 CPU,<\/a> became a de-facto standard platform that was popular among small business computers in the late 1970s and early 1980s.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-718436 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cpm_on_kaypro_2_benj.jpg\" alt=\"CP\/M and BASIC running on a Kaypro II computer.\" width=\"650\" height=\"463\" data-credittext=\"Benj Edwards\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CP\/M and BASIC-80 running on a Kaypro II computer. <span class=\"imagecredit\">Benj Edwards<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CP\/M was a console-based operating system, which means that you interacted with it using a keyboard, typing in commands at a prompt. You performed file operations using\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.primrosebank.net\/computers\/cpm\/cpm_commands.htm\">simple commands<\/a> such as \u201cPIP\u201d (for copying files) by typing <code>PIP A:=B:*.BAS<\/code> and hitting Enter. (This would copy all of the BASIC files from drive \u201cB:\u201d over to drive \u201cA:\u201d.) To run a program, you\u2019d type the program name and hit enter. When you were done, you\u2019d either reboot the machine or exit back to the CP\/M prompt.<\/p>\n<p>One of CP\/M\u2019s key breakthroughs was in handling basic input and output tasks with the underlying hardware, leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lication software to interface mostly with the OS itself. This meant that CP\/M applications were not necessarily tied to the particular hardware they ran on and could be more easily translated between PCs from different vendors.<\/p>\n<p>Popular applications for CP\/M included <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WordStar\">WordStar<\/a> (a word processor), <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SuperCalc\">SuperCalc<\/a> (a spreadsheet application), and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DBase\">dBase<\/a> (for databases). Other programs, such as AutoCAD and Turbo Pascal, originated on CP\/M, and later became more successful after being ported to MS-DOS later.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Kind_of_Computers_Ran_CPM\"><\/span>What Kind of Computers Ran CP\/M?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Most computers running CP\/M included an 8-bit <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intel_8080\">Intel 8080<\/a> or a Zilog Z80 processor, although Digital Research later released a 16-bit version of CP\/M for Intel 8086 machines called CP\/M-86.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-718447 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/visual_1050_ad_2.jpg\" alt=\"The Visual 1050 computer from a 1983 magazine ad.\" width=\"650\" height=\"469\" data-credittext=\"Visual\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 1983 Visual 1050 ran an enhanced version of CP\/M. <span class=\"imagecredit\">Visual<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Almost all computers using the industry-standard <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/pc-pioneers-the-forgotten-world-of-s-100-bus-computers\">S100 bus<\/a> that used an 8080 or Z80 were capable of running CP\/M. But a S100 bus wasn\u2019t required. CP\/M shipped as the default OS for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_computers_running_CP\/M\">hundreds of different computer models<\/a> of all types and sizes. Popular CP\/M computer vendors included Cromemco, Kaypro, Amstrad, Osborne, Vector Graphic, Televideo, Visual, and Zenith Data Systems.<\/p>\n<p>Other computers\u2014including some lower-priced home machines\u2014featured CP\/M capability as an add-on option, although it often required extra hardware to make it possible to run. In fact, way back in 1980, Microsoft\u2019s very first hardware product was the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Z-80_SoftCard\">Z80 SoftCard<\/a> for the Apple II. Users could plug the card into their Apple II computer to give it a Z80 CPU that could run popular CP\/M productivity applications.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-718449 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/aamicrosoft_softcard_ad.jpg\" alt=\"A 1980 ad for the Microsoft Softcard that ran CP\/M on an Apple II.\" width=\"650\" height=\"502\" data-credittext=\"Microsoft\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 1980 Microsoft SoftCard allowed an Apple II to run CP\/M. <span class=\"imagecredit\">Microsoft<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1982, Microsoft Chairman <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=w_OhaFDePS4C&amp;pg=PA16#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">Bill Gates claimed<\/a> that SoftCard customers represented the largest single install base for CP\/M machines. Interestingly, around that same time, a new operating system based on CP\/M\u2014Microsoft\u2019s MS-DOS\u2014was rapidly gaining market share.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"MS-DOS_Borrowed_a_Lot_from_CPM\"><\/span>MS-DOS Borrowed a Lot from CP\/M<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When IBM began developing its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IBM_Personal_Computer\">Personal Computer<\/a> (the IBM PC 5150), the firm first tried to secure a license to CP\/M, but Digital Research didn\u2019t like the proposed terms of the deal. So IBM turned to Microsoft, which licensed a product called <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/86-DOS\">86-DOS<\/a> from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seattle_Computer_Products\">Seattle Computer Products<\/a> (SCP).\u00a0 Some months later, Microsoft purchased 86-DOS outright for $50,000.<\/p>\n<p>86-DOS became IBM PC-DOS when it shipped with the IBM PC in August of 1981. Later, Microsoft would sell PC-DOS under its own label as Microsoft MS-DOS.<\/p>\n<p>While developing 86-DOS, its creator, Tim Paterson, looked heavily to CP\/M for inspiration, borrowing its <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> architecture and command-line nature. Here\u2019s a list of some similarities between CP\/M and MS-DOS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A command prompt<\/li>\n<li>Alphabetical drive letter names like\u00a0 \u201cA:,\u201d \u201cB:,\u201d and \u201cC:.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The 8+3 file name format (for example, FILENAME.DOC)<\/li>\n<li>The wildcard character \u201c*\u201d and the matching character \u201c?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Reserved filenames such as PRN: (for printer) and CON: (for console)<\/li>\n<li>\u201c.COM\u201d files for executable command files<\/li>\n<li>Commands such as DIR, REN, and TYPE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gary Kildall was reportedly upset that PC-DOS mimicked CP\/M so closely and complained to IBM. With the concept of software copyrights in its infancy, Digital Research declined to sue IBM, and instead made a deal where IBM would provide CP\/M-86 as an option for its IBM PC machines. By then, PC-DOS was already shipping as the default OS for the IBM PC, and it cost far less than CP\/M-86\u2014about <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/forbes\/1997\/0707\/6001336a.html?sh=5eb0112e140e\">$40 instead of $240<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The missed opportunity by Kildall and Digital Research to initially license CP\/M to IBM is often told as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/forbes\/1997\/0707\/6001336a.html?sh=5eb0112e140e\">one of the great tragedies<\/a> in computing history\u2014supposedly, Kildall could have become a billionaire like Bill Gates if he had just signed the deal with IBM. This juicy story has been amplified by the press over the years. But when Kildall died in 1994, he wasn\u2019t exactly a pauper: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1991\/07\/17\/business\/pc-software-maker-novell-to-buy-digital-research.html\">Novell purchased<\/a> Kildall\u2019s Digital Research for a reported $120 million in 1991, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120629044944\/http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/magazine\/content\/04_43\/b3905109_mz063.htm\">making Kildall wealthy in the process<\/a>. Still, it bothered Kildall that Microsoft enriched itself by imitating his signature product.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Did_MS-DOS_Win_over_CPM\"><\/span>Why Did MS-DOS Win over CP\/M?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When setting up its operating system deal with IBM in 1981, Microsoft negotiated a license that allowed the company to not only license PC-DOS to IBM, but also to sell PC-DOS as a generic operating system (as \u201cMS-DOS\u201d) to vendors other than IBM.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after the IBM PC\u2019s release, companies such as Compaq and Eagle Computer began <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.computerhistory.org\/revolution\/personal-computers\/17\/302\">selling clones<\/a> that could run IBM PC software. To provide a compatible operating system for these clone machines, they licensed MS-DOS from Microsoft.\u00a0 Within a few years, hundreds of IBM PC clones filled the PC market, and in 1986, MS-DOS became the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/features\/2005\/12\/total-share\/5\/\">most popular personal computing platform<\/a> in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>MS-DOS won out over CP\/M because it hitched a ride with the IBM PC platform\u2019s success. Microsoft fought hard to get MS-DOS on every PC shipped and to keep it that way, and the firm extended that practice into the Windows era.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Happened_to_CPM\"><\/span>What Happened to CP\/M?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In 1988, Digital Research created a clone of MS-DOS called <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DR-DOS\">DR-DOS<\/a> in an attempt to compete with Microsoft. It also sold a mouse-based graphical interface called <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GEM_(desktop_environment)\">GEM<\/a> that initially sought to replicate the Macintosh experience, but later competed with Windows. While both products earned respect in the press, neither really took off. Some argued that this was due to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.\">anti-competitive tactics<\/a> by Microsoft. After Novell purchased Digital Research in 1991, CP\/M languished with little development as MS-DOS continued to dominate the market.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-718686 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dr_dos_6_box.jpg\" alt=\"Novell DR-DOS 6 box art\" width=\"650\" height=\"502\" data-credittext=\"Novell\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In some ways, DR-DOS was the spiritual successor of CP\/M. <span class=\"imagecredit\">Novell<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1996, Caldera bought the rights to Digital Research\u2019s assets from Novell and continued to market DR-DOS. They also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/2594068\/microsoft-settles-with-caldera.html\">sued Microsoft<\/a> for creating incompatibilities in MS-DOS to edge DR-DOS out of the market (which was later settled out of court).<\/p>\n<p>In 1997, Caldera released parts of CP\/M 2.2 as open-source software so that hobbyists could continue to work on it. Those copies are still <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cpm.z80.de\/drilib.html\">available for free online<\/a>. Today, you can <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tramm.li\/i8080\/\">run CP\/M in a browser<\/a> thanks to an 8080 emulator written by Stefan Tramm.<\/p>\n<p>In some ways, CP\/M is one of the great-grandfathers of Windows, so bits of its lineage are baked into the conventions of Windows, such as drive letters and reserved file names. In that way, CP\/M never completely disappeared: Its soul lives on in the DNA of products that billions of people use every day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>Windows 10 Still Won&#8217;t Let You Use These File Names Reserved in 1974<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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