CP/M for Fairchild F8 ?

[Allison]

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>Subject: CP/M for Fairchild F8 ?
>   From: Jos Dreesen / Marian Capel <jos.mar at bluewin.ch>
>   Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:15:05 +0200
>     To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
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>I found a scrapped box today  at work :
>
>2 8" floppydrives , RS232 and  printer  interfaces. Internally an F8 
>chipset ( F3850 / F3852 / F3854) with a WD1771 fdc.
>Strangely enough a set of floppies lay on top, labeled Cp/M, Basic CP/m 
>Pascal etc.
>
>Was there ever a CP/M version for the F8 ??
>
>                      Jos Dreesen

No.  The F8 at best was a microcontroller.  If anything the unit was a smart
floppy controller for a CP/M system.


Allison