bles...@ofiglobal.com (Lester, Bob) writes: > 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/>
before ms/dos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS there was seattle computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Computer_Products before seattle computer there was cp/m, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/M before cp/m, kildall worked with cp67/cms (precursor to vm370) at npg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Postgraduate_School other trivia ... after 64, commodore did amiga ... which ran ARexx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARexx ARexx is an implementation of the REXX language for the Amiga, written in 1987 by William S. Hawes, with a number of Amiga-specific features beyond standard REXX facilities. Like most REXX implementations, ARexx is an interpreted language. Programs written for ARexx are called "scripts", or "macros"; several programs offer the ability to run ARexx scripts in their main interface as macros. ... snip ... more trivia ... acorn group in Boca kept claiming that they wouldn't going to do any software and an IBM group was formed in silicon valley to write software for acorn. Then at some point the Boca group changed their mind and wanted responsibility for all software ... if necessary contracting with outside groups (some viewed as eliminating internal competition). some past mentioning acorn http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2002g.html#79 Coulda, Woulda, Shoudda moments? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2003d.html#19 PC history, was PDP10 and RISC http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005q.html#24 What ever happened to Tandem and NonStop OS ? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005r.html#8 Intel strikes back with a parallel x86 design http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006y.html#29 "The Elements of Programming Style" http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007e.html#5 Is computer history taugh now? reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer#Project_Chess -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
