Re: cpmtools Win32 wanted

"Udo Munk" <umunk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2008.11.16.13.55.28.507325@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This cmd.exe thing is some kind of joke

Working in cygwin is some kind of joke. cmd.exe is perfectly capable of
handling most anything that is written for Windows.

So why someone who wants to use CP/M command line stuff won't get cygwin
tools is difficult to understand for me.

Yes I can see that. I have used cygwin for a number of years for what it is
good for.

Why someone who wants to work in Windows would think that cmd.exe is some
kind of joke when it descended from CP/M and then who wants to use CP/M is
difficult for me to understand. Perhaps my understanding is different than
yours:)

That should solve this problem. I'm just wondering how someone wants to
debug 8080 code with ddt, when not able to install an development
environment on some sort of Windows box ;-)

And I like T.S. Elliot am wondering what it feels like as "Son of CP/M" to
ascend amongst the 'quiring angels while the rest of us mere mortals wait in
our respective Savannahs:) to be judged by our respective saviours... sh,
bash, ksh, cmd, etc.

The real fun is building it and then using it...

Yes, for some... and me too, but I prefer to use native tools as much as
possible... and also believe that people in glass houses should dress in
their respective cellars. But then I am just playing and all this is just a
huge joke on us all by the holy ghost of Digital Research and Gary Kildall
the Father and I can see them up there laughing at us now:)

Not everyone wants the same things I think.

Bill



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