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<br><font size=2><tt>cialug-bounces@cialug.org wrote on 06/08/2005 10:24:36
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> It is hard to imagine productive multitasking on one of those old
machines<br>
> but I'm sure a lot of work got done. My first real introduction
to unix was<br>
> on a 386, after that I thought it was really lame that 20 people could
use a<br>
> 386 running unix but only one person could use it running DOS/Windows.<br>
> Was the Tandy machine the CoCo or some other machine?</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>The Tandy 16B ran XENIX. It was a multi-user
business computer. 2 x 8" floppies, 5-10G HD, Motorola 68010 CPU.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>The Coco ran straight BASIC in ROM or OS-9 Level I/II
(developed in Des Moines by Microware!). We still have a couple of
Coco early prototype boards</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>which were used for development/porting purposes.
Here are some pictures if you are interested:</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">http://www.coco25.com/coco3proto/</font>
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