AT&T 6300

From: John R. Keys Jr. <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
Date: Wed Mar 4 19:31:21 1998

The box says UNIX PC on the front panel and a model 7300. The 600's were
dos machines as you stated. John
At 06:28 PM 3/4/98 -0500, you wrote:
>At 10:53 am 3/4/98, you wrote:
>>At 03:41 AM 3/4/98 -0500, Ward wrote:
>>>> >clone?
>>>
>>>The 6300 ran MS-DOS. The 6300+ ran Unix
>>
>> Ward,
>>
>> Are you sure about that? I looked at a 6300+ in a trift store last week
>>and it ran DOS. Or was it possible to erase the UNIX and install DOS only?
>
>More precisely, it could run either AND both.
>
>To DOS, the 6300+ was more of a fast XT. It had access to extended memory,
>but not in the AT-compatible way.
>
>Where it came into its own, however, was running Unix. Part of the Unix
>install was something called Simultask. This let you run DOS under Unix,
>very nicely.
>
>The closest modern equivalent is Merge under SCO Unix which, I believe, is
>descended from SImultask.
>
><<<John>>>
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Received on Wed Mar 04 1998 - 19:31:21 GMT