IIRC, P/OS was for wordprocessors and the like, kind of Personal DOS avant la lettre from this CP/M is derived -> PC/DOS -> WIN.....
Kind regards, Nico Baggus > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] at INET-1 > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 18:45 > To: Thomas R Wyant_III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at INET-1 > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] at INET-1; [EMAIL PROTECTED] at INET-1 > Subject: RE: [OT] VMS Antecedants (was RE: vmsperl Digest 2 Apr 2003 > > > Thomas R. Wyant III wrote: > > > Rumor has it, though, that the name "PIP" came from CP/M. > So should this be > > added? > > Pretty sure CP/M got it from RT-11. > > -- Alan > > ============================================================== > ================= > Alan Winston --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL > Phone: 650/926-3056 > Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo > Park CA 94025 > ============================================================== > ================= > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION: The information in this electronic mail message is private and confidential, and only intended for the addressee. Should you receive this message by mistake, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or use of this message is strictly prohibited. Please inform the sender by reply transmission and delete the message without copying or opening it. Messages and attachments are scanned for all viruses known. If this message contains password-protected attachments, the files have NOT been scanned for viruses by the ING mail domain. Always scan attachments before opening them. -----------------------------------------------------------------
