A computer terminal using the ASCII character set.CP/M was displaced by DOS soon after the 1981 introduction of the IBM PC.Ī minimal 8-bit CP/M system would contain the following components: An important driver of software innovation was the advent of (comparatively) low-cost microcomputers running CP/M, as independent programmers and hackers bought them and shared their creations in user groups. CP/M increased the market size for both hardware and software by greatly reducing the amount of programming required to install an application on a new manufacturer's computer.
This computer platform was widely used in business through the late 1970s and into the mid-1980s. The combination of CP/M and S-100 bus computers was loosely patterned on the MITS Altair, an early standard in the microcomputer industry. Originally closed source, now open source
