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- From: philw@xlpor.com (P A Williamson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: First multitasking OS for home computers
- Date: 8 Jan 1996 18:15:17 GMT
- Organization: Redland Sky Toys
- Message-ID: <philw-0801961014540001@philw.users.xplor.com>
- References: <4cmd5g$7h0@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> <4cmqtr$57u@serpens.rhein.de> <4covm0$49k@redstone.interpath.net>
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- In article <4covm0$49k@redstone.interpath.net>, jamie@jamie.interpath.net
- (Jim Cooper) wrote:
-
- > The first "home computer" to do pre-emptive multitasking was from a company
- > named "Ohio Scientific" and it ran a version of OS/9.
-
- The Ohio Scientific systems were not quite what _I_ would consider a
- "home computer". It was a nice system though.:-) Geez, the thing nearly
- needed a small bedroom to put it in.:-)
-