From: Bert Haskins (bhaskins_at_triton.net)
Date: Wed Feb 13 2002 - 20:30:37 EST
I've still have an original copy of CP/M86, used it in 198something.
As I remember it really wasn't much.
Hm, wonder what that would bring on eBay.
--Bert
"Cottrell, Eric" wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Let's see (in no particular order),
>
> CP/M-86 The 8088/8086 version of CP/M-80 (plus other ones, MP/M etc)
> UCSD PASCAL The language that thought it was an OS.
>
> later on....
> DRDOS Digital Research attempts to break into the DOS world.
> GEM Windows 3.1 wantabee mainly used by AOL? or some other online
> service.
>
> Still later....
> BOB Microsoft's attempt to make an easy-to-use OS. It is not talked
> about
> anymore but parts appear later in Microsoft Agent.
>
> Ok so BOB is a Microsoft product and not a complete OS but I like mentioning
> it
> to show not everything Bill Gates touches turns to Gold 8->. I would not be
> surprised if MS denies all knowledge of BOB.
>
> About 10 years ago I was aware that Sun had a PC version of their unix OS.
>
> Microware, big in the Motorola 6809/68k world, had a PC port of their real
> time
> OS called OS 9000. I see they got bought by RadiSys and everything is under
> the
> generic OS/9 label. I used to run OS/9 on my Radio Shack Color Computer 3.
>
> 73 Eric eac_at_shore.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Seisdedos [mailto:jps_at_mbox.com.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 6:06 PM
> To: Donald MacQueen
> Cc: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> Subject: Re: Re[4]: [OT] Another XP Rant
>
> Excuse my ignorance about the early PC market, but were there ever any
> other competing operating systems for the PC? (leaving aside os/2,
> which came later and was never marketed properly)
>
> I must admit, Bill had a good running start... apart from os/2 (which
> IBM never marketed seriously to consumers), did anyone offer an
> alternative?
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