Microsoft OSes

From: Kip Crosby <engine_at_chac.org>
Date: Wed Feb 4 16:15:50 1998

At 13:01 2/4/98 PST, you wrote:
>First of all, did MS Xenix run on PC hardware?

Sure. XENIX was intended as a UN*X-style NOS that would allow a 286 AT to
serve a flock of XT clients. It could use protected mode, IIRC.

>Secondly, was there ever a Windows NT 1.0 and 2.0? How did they compare
>to a cheap version of UNIX?

NT prior to 3.x was called MS LAN Manager, and didn't compare particularly
well to anything.
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Received on Wed Feb 04 1998 - 16:15:50 GMT

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