CFOG's PIP, July 1986, Volume 4 No. 9, Whole No. 45, page 10
Computer Shopper, CP/M Times
General circulation computer magazines don't often have much of interest to CP/M users. User's Guide is gone. Personal Computing ran a feature section on CP/M last summer, but what have you seen there lately. Not much. Computer Shopper has never been a 'heavy' CP/M interest magazine, but there's a tid-bit here and there and the ads are the main attraction!
Starting with August 1986, CS has become 'perfect bound'. It runs 324 pages of newsprint in 10 x 13.25 inch size, with a four-color glossy cover to smear on your fingers. Specific CP/M user interests include a note on Palantir word processing, still available for CP/M; an ad from the Nite-Owl Connection for Mex; an ad for Newint, a series of BASIC programs for interest calculations available for 50+ computers, including CP/M; articles about Apple CP/M and upgrades for Kaypro CP/M systems; and what appears to be a continuing column by Cheryl Peterson on CP/M+ for the Commodore 128.
My favorite ad <this month> was for the Axiom DX2000 and DX2500 daisywheel printers. BCE Liquidators <1-800-545-7447> offered the 13 inch carriage 16 cps DX2000 with cut sheet feeder and tractor for $298; the 15 inch carriage 20 cps DX2500 is just $50 more! Too bad they didn't have any cut sheet feeders left when I called!
CP/M Times isn't really a magazine, it's a 64 page catalog of ads from Central Computer Products <1-800-533-8049, in CA, 1-800-624-5628>. The ads range from a $69 print buffer <64K> to a Kaypro 20 <that's a Kaypro 10 with a 20 MB hard disk stuffed into it>. Software? The gamut. Banner and Banner Plus for your dot matrix printer, save a few bucks on Software Toolworks's already bargain priced software, educational software, etc. Your disk format at no extra charge. When's the last time you saw T-Maker advertised? It's all here. If you didn't get a copy in the mail, be sure to call and ask for one. If nothing else, you can register in their sweepstakes and hope to win a Kaypro 20!