Re^2: IBM and Apple Operating Systems (Re: dosread.c again)
Bill Vermillion
bill at bilver.UUCP
Fri Nov 17 14:29:08 AEST 1989
In article <5412 at wpi.wpi.edu> jhallen at wpi.wpi.edu (Joseph H Allen) writes:
>In article <1989Nov3.191142.4163 at world.std.com> madd at world.std.com (jim frost) writes:
>How many people have used RM/COS on a TRS-80 Model 12 or 16? This is a really
>gross COBOL operating system which ran RealWorld Accounting. The TRS-80
>Model-II through 16 was an interesting machine. It started out as a Z80
>system similer to Radio Shack's TRS-80 Model-Is and IIIs.
The ONLY similarity was the z80. The rest was quite different.
> They then added a
>68000 to it with Model 12.
The model 12 was a model II with 1/2 height 8" drives. Adding the 68000 it
became a model 16.
Just correcting some mis-information here. Don't want history to become
corrupt :-)
>- XENIX (nice but required 3 out of the 8MB of available disk space- BTW,
> I've recently seen TRS-80 Model 16s with built in hard drive
> and 8" high density floppy drives on sale _by radio shack_ for
> $1000)
And I bought one used with 3 terminals for $600.
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