Hi John,
Commodore 64 anyone? :-)
Do you know what OS it ran?
Was the HW an x86? Motorola? Apple?
I had a buddy (years ago, of course), that did strange and wonderful (at
the time) things with several of them connected together. No cases, wires
everywhere, but pretty cool anyhow for the time.
TGIF, else I'd be in trouble. :-)
BobL
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On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 12:47 PM, Mike Schwab <mike.a.sch...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> CP/M 86 was available but IBM couldn't get a license. They hired
> Microsoft to write DOS and they bought QDOS to get started.
>
>
Yeah. Worst mistake Gary Kindall ever made. Just think, if he'd hadn't "blown
off" IBM, I'd be cursing his memory (he's deceased) instead of Bill Gates. Or
maybe not, I ran CP/M-80 back in the day. I really enjoyed it.
But, then, I enjoyed everything more back then. <sigh> everything was bright,
shiny, and new <sigh/>
--
Werner Heisenberg is driving down the autobahn. A police officer pulls him
over. The officer says, "Excuse me, sir, do you know how fast you were going?"
"No," replies Dr. Heisenberg, "but I know where I am."
Computer Science is the only discipline in which we view adding a new wing to a
building as being maintenance -- Jim Horning
Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is
attempted.
He's about as useful as a wax frying pan.
Maranatha! <><
John McKown
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