Jeff Kaneko wrote:
>
> At 03:04 PM 7/20/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >2. Fortune 32:16, formerly running ForPro. Unfortunately, the boot drive
> crashed. He has tapes,
> >floppies, but no HD (I think) - is this worthy to be kept?
>
> The fortune 32:16 was one cool machine; it was way ahead for its time,
> so naturally, scarcely anyone bought them :-(
Aside from the graphics, it didn't have much to offer over the Tandy
Xenix systems, and Tandy easily beat it in price and support. It was
a lot _prettier_ than the Model 16 or Tandy 6000.
> There is the usual laundry list of languages and accounting apps for this,
> including, believe it or not-- Microsoft Multiplan! A definite keeper,
> especially if you can get one of those 14" drives!
Multiplan was available for _lots_ of Unix systems, starting with
Tandy Xenix. I've used it a lot on the AT&T Unix PC.
--
Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram_at_cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
Received on Mon Jul 20 1998 - 20:18:25 BST