> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Ernest
> Sent: 24 January 2004 17:10
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: Who was first?
>
> I know that this is a bit like comparing apples and oranges but I was
> wondering who did what first?
>
> Phoenix produced a legal clone of IBM's system Bios, which enabled other
> companies to produced cheaper clones of the IBM PC.
Phoenix? I thought it was Compaq in 1982-3 when they spent several million
dollars making a non-copyright infringing compatible BIOS for the Compaq
Portable?
Again, I could be wrong :)
cheers
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Adrian/Witchy
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Received on Sat Jan 24 2004 - 13:53:49 GMT