printer socket (Off topic)

From: Max Eskin <maxeskin_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Mon Sep 21 16:52:18 1998

Well, I don't know of any OS that runs on an XT besides DOS and
various UNIXoids. I'd rather run DOS in that particular case.
>were running MS-DOS when I worked there back in 90-91. Possibly
>not the best way to run the gear (is MS-DOS _ever_ the best way to
>run the gear?) but functional. Don't recall any '486 NGENs -- I
>was working with the Unisys 6000 series mostly, didn't actually
>_use_ any NGENs myself, but did use several old (left over from the
>AT&T contract) Unix PCs as my consoles for the machines I was doing
>software QA on. The '486 was fairly new at the time, I'd been given
>to understand that NGEN was a dead series then -- pretty machines
>that they were.
>--
>Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram_at_cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
>
>When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked me if I had any
>firearms with me. I said "Well, what do you need?" -- Steven Wright
>

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