A Study in CP/M

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 So BoatFest 2025, an International Retro Computer Expo, is coming up this summer and I have decided to give a talk about programming for CP/M, Control Program for Microcomputers.  I have put together an outline here, and I would love to get more ideas on what to cover.  I have not yet been given a time slot or expected duration so I am open to just about anything.

  1. Early microprocessors
    1. 8080 released in 1974
    2. 6800 released in 1974
    3. 6502 released in 1975
    4. Z-80 released in 1976
  2. The history of programming in CP/M
    1. What is CP/M
    2. Commands
  3. Languages: With examples
    1. BASIC with MBASIC and BASCOM
    2. Pascal with Turbo Pascal
    3. C with Aztec C
    4. Assembler with ASM
  4. Current Cross Platform Tools
    1. Emulators
    2. Cross Compilers
  5. Summary

I am planning on demonstrating several "Hello World" style applications in each of the programming languages above.

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