-----Original Message-----
From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 1:52
Subject: Re: Old Microsoft stuff...
><From: "Hotze" <photze_at_batelco.com.bh>
><Hi. Now, I don't want to start a flamewar, but still, Microsoft HAS play
><an important part in personal computing, for better or for worse. From 1
><or so onwards, they were a industry dominator.
>
>First off your dates are grossly in error. MS in the persona of Gates
>was involved in putting basic on the altair via MITS. When CP/M was
>gaining ground as the dominent 8080/z80 OS microsoft was the dominent
>language supplier. The majik system was a z80 running cp/m and MSbasic
>compiler, MAC and L80, and maybe Multiplan.
>
><for say... the Apple II? PDP's? UN*X boxes (once again, omitting curren
><ports of IE 4.0)?
>
>Apple: Apple softcard combind package of CP/M and MS languges and a z80.
>TRS80: Disk basic.
>PDP-11: Didn't MS do a unix varient?
>UNix... they did have a hand in a PC unix and apps for it.
>
>Allison
>
email: desieh_at_southcom.com.au
desieh_at_bigfoot.com
museum_curator_at_hotmail.com
Apple Lisa Web Page:
http://www.southcom.com.au/~desieh/index.htm
dont forget about zenix, and msk............
for the people who dont know msk was MicroSofts attempt at setting computer
standards in countries
like Japan back in the early 1980's, they also reached Australia but I dont
know about the States..
Received on Mon Jun 15 1998 - 21:46:51 BST