On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 20:05, Soul Computer wrote: > Maybe this is a bad idea, but I thought that > since Linux is the original multi-user, > multitasking operating system for the PC, it
Fat chance. MP/M (the multi-user variant of CP/M was running on 8080s & Z-80s (8 bit processors!!) back in the early '80's (and maybe even late '70's). Does remembering North* and Cromemco make a dinosaur? Surely, being a mainframe COBOL programmer does...) Back when MSFT was small, it sold Xenix (a cut-down Unix derivative for the 80286 (and maybe 8086) and M68000) in the mid-80's. When the '386 came out (1986), a few ATT-licensees (including SCO) brought Unix to the PC. (Did ATT put Unix on the 6300? I know the 7300 (aka Unix PC, aka 3B1), but it ran on the 68K.) The Mark Williams Co brought out Coherent in the late '80s. It was ATT-free, and even had an X Windows. (Even at $50, it couldn't compete with Linux...) Of course, we can't forget Minix, who's limitations spurred Linus to which would become greatness. I'm sure I've left something out... -- +---------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "I have created a government of whirled peas..." | | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 12-May-2002, | ! CNN, Larry King Live | +---------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
