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From: jackv@turnkey.tcc.com (Jack F. Vogel)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: How wrong is MS-DOS?
Message-ID: <1991Jan06.204401.21579@turnkey.tcc.com>
Date: 6 Jan 91 20:44:01 GMT
References: <1991Jan02.035501.9457@iecc.cambridge.ma.us> <14900021@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> <1991Jan6.183213.27136@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
Reply-To: jackv@turnkey.TCC.COM (Jack F. Vogel)
Organization: Turnkey Computer Consultants, Westchester, CA
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In article <1991Jan6.183213.27136@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> jap@convex.cl.msu.edu (Joe Porkka) writes:
 
>Although the PC existed before OS/9 on the CoCo, OS/9 did exist
>before the CoCo, though I don't know exactly when or where or
>on what hardware previous to the CoCo.

Gosh, a stroll down memory lane :-}!! Not that anybody really cares, but
OS/9 ran on a 6809 based system made by a company in Chicago called Gimix.
I worked for them briefly in the early 80's. Their system was SS50 bus
based, hardware task switching with multiple 64K cmos memory boards.
Supported realistically around 16 users as I recall. Don't know if they're
still around these days or not. Thanks for the memory :-} :-}.


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