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From: besst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Brian E. Schwadron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: "DOS machines" (Was: TT (Who has one?))
Summary: DG10s and 20s use the 8086 (I think)
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Date: 2 Aug 90 20:35:24 GMT
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Reply-To: besst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Brian E. Schwadron)
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     The Data General 10 (and its successor, the 20) both use 8086s (I think:
it might be 8088s).  They are closer to minis then micros, since the standard
setup is a CPU unit containing hard + floppy + tape drives hooked up to various
devices, including terminals.  I use them as instrument controllers, where 1
DG 10 can run 2 terminals, acquire data from 2 instruments (a GC and a Mass 
Spec) and quanitate the GC run at the same time -- pretty impressive for an
obsolete CPU, eh?  There is also a 80186 in the Mass Spec.
     The low-level OS is something called IDOS, but I doubt that this is the
standard OS for the DG 10 -- does anyone else know more about it?
					Brian