dmccunney composed on 2020-03-24 15:53 (UTC-0400): > Felix Miata wrote:
>> I ran a 286 Altos Xenix multiuser in 1988 just fine, Unix-y enough I >> couldn't tell >> any difference from SysV. > With what sort of hardware? Based on the descriptions on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altos_Computer_Systems it must have been an Altos 686. It shipped with a 500MB internal HD, to which we later attached an 80MB Micropolis external HD from Altos. We had an IBM PC AT with 20MB CMI HD, 2.5MB RAM (512kb originally), and PC DOS 3.1 (originally), and a 256kb RAM IBM PC XT with 10MB HD running terminal emulation software to talk to the Altos, otherwise used for running Lotus 1-2-3, a pair of terminals (1 Altos, 1 Wyse, IIRC), a very loud Genicom dot matrix serial printer we kept in an insulated enclosure, and an original parallel port HP LaserJet requiring a cartridge to print IRS forms. To that fleet we also early on added an Iomega Bernoulli Box 10MB cartridge drive, and later a Corona portable 8088 PC with 256kb RAM and 10MB HD, later upgraded to 512kb or 640kb RAM to better handle larger spreadsheets, and NEC V20 CPU. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
