Minor Tektronix success story.

From: Jeff Kaneko <jeff.kaneko_at_ifrsys.com>
Date: Thu Aug 20 17:12:06 1998

At 09:42 PM 8/20/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Jeff Kaneko wrote:
>
>> Not that I know of. TSC went under some years ago; we all assumed
>> that it took the source to its grave. Rumour has it that some former
>> employees of TSC *may* possess some sources, but they have not stepped
>> foreward.
>>
>> FWIW: A co-worker of mine was approached some years ago with an offer
>> to sell the FLEX sources. My co-worker wasn't interested, and the
>> guy went away. Don't know who he was. For all we know, it ended up in
>> the dumpster. :-/
>
>Some of this can be found at <http://www.rtmx.com/UniFLEX/>. Also
>further FLEX stuff at <http://www.blackbelt.com/flexem.html>.
>
>Regards,
>
>_---_--__-_-_----__-_----_-__-__-_-___--_-__--___-__----__--_--__-___-
>Hans B Pufal Comprehensive Computer Catalogue
><mailto:hansp_at_plato.digiweb.com> <http://plato.digiweb.com/~hansp/ccc>
>

But all of this is for the 6809. None of this references the 6800/6802. I
contend that the original FLEX/2 sources will remain lost to the world.
It's a shame, too, as it was the first commercially successful OS for *any*
Motorola processor. It was to Moto what CP/M was to Intel.

Jeff
Received on Thu Aug 20 1998 - 17:12:06 BST

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