Does anyone know what processor S1 was for? Ray
On Fri, Feb 28, 2020, 3:04 PM Peter Schow via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 6:20 PM Will Cooke via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > Reading through the April 85 issue of Byte, I came across a reference to > the "S1 Operating System." In Jerry Pournelle's column on pg 361 he talks > about this mysterious OS. > > You can find mentionings of 32-bit capable S1 in trade publications > (Computerworld, Datamation, etc.) in the mid-80s timeframe, and there is > an S1 button on eBay right now with the words "multi user, multi nodal, > multi tasking, multi processing". In a quick scan, I saw announcements of > some S1 OEM agreements, including Phillips Medical. It was a product of > Multi Solutions, a startup out of Lawrenceville, NJ, so you'd sort of > assume that some Bell Labs talent was on staff. S1 was trademarked in > 1986, it expired in 1993. >
