On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Tom Marchant < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 06:43:59 -0600, Bill Woodger wrote: > > >the original "IBM PC-type" (although pre-dating the IBM PC) operating > system from Microsoft. > > There was no operating system from Microsoft that predated the IBM PC. > According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_DOS_operating_systems PC-DOS 1.0 was released in 1981 but in 1979 - MS made a licensed version of Xenix for the 8086 ref: http://www.softpanorama.org/People/Torvalds/Finland_period/xenix_microsoft_shortlived_love_affair_with_unix.shtml > -- > Tom Marchant > -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
