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From: socha@drivax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.m68k,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Minor historical point: the origin of ms-dos
Message-ID: <851@drivax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 29-Jan-87 17:39:49 EST
Article-I.D.: drivax.851
Posted: Thu Jan 29 17:39:49 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 31-Jan-87 04:37:55 EST
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Reply-To: socha@drivax.UUCP (Henri J. Socha)
Organization: Digital Research, Monterey
Lines: 45
Keywords: Datapoint 2200, Concurrent DOS 286, XM, 386, GEM
Summary: thier is nun
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In reply to your "origin of ms-dos" statement:

Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, Page 1225

thier  (has no entry!) 

And so explains the validity of your "Minor historical point."

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P.S: No, I did not work for DRI at the time in question but for
Datapoint Corp. who by the way:
* invented of the intel 8008 instruction set (1969-70)
* built one of the first personal computers (Version 1  2200) in 1971
* designed a business language (databus) a predecessor to dbase (in 71) 
* developed Datashare a system that time-shared 12 terminals by '73 
  (on a Datapoint Version 2 2200 with only 16K ram!)  -  and yes, its FAST!
* the inventors of ARCnet (in 1976 and still one of the fastest LAN's)
* a multitasking mutiprocessing networking O.S. in 1980 (ran on '286 in '85)
* a programming environment and language (DASL) that only now has competitors
* etc.  but sadly for them, never labeled the machine a PC.
  ((Yes, they like other companies have made their mistakes.))

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BTW if you are curious about DRI, just read the non-Microsoft press around you.
DRI already has:
* a real-time, multi-user, multi-tasking, networking O.S. for the 286
* executes most PC-DOS 2.1 applications unmodified (ex: 1-2-3)
* all PC-DOS commands (dir, copy, etc.) are there plus a unix sub-set
* this O.S. exists in 2 major IBM products!
* this pseudo-DOS 5.0 was here about 1 year ago. It even exists in IBM products!
* it was called Concurrent DOS 286, and has been enhanced and renamed FLEXOS 286
* FLEXOS 186 and FLEXOS 386 have been announced at BUSCON
   ->->-> Please stay tuned. 
                           (No, you put-downers, I do not market, I programme!)
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Disclaimer:  I speak for myself and no others!

Henri Socha  @UUCP: ....!amdhal!drivax!socha                       WAT iron'75
"Lawyers exist to divide the pie, Engineers to make it bigger!"
Approximate Engineer/Lawyer ratios:   USA 1:400 & Japan 400:1  Explains a LOT!
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UUCP:...!amdahl!drivax!socha                                      WAT Iron'75
"Everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler."  A. Einstein