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- From: gpage@melbpc.org.au (Garry Price)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: First multitasking OS for home computers
- Date: 9 Jan 1996 21:20:47 +1100
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- Message-ID: <4ctfhv$nad@koala.melbpc.org.au>
- References: <4cmd5g$7h0@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> <4cpcnc$hmg@sue.cc.uregina.ca> <4cs9gk$i80@windigo.d-and-d.com>
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- In article <4cs9gk$i80@windigo.d-and-d.com>,
- DoN. Nichols <dnichols@d-and-d.com> wrote:
- >In article <4cpcnc$hmg@sue.cc.uregina.ca>,
- >John Bayko <bayko@ARISTOTLE.CS.UREGINA.CA> wrote:
- >>In article <4cmd5g$7h0@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>,
- >> George Noel <gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> wrote:
- >>>
- >>>What was the first home computer multitasking Operating System that
- >>>could handle pre-emptive multitasking? Was it AmigaOS or something
- >>>before 1984/85?
-
- There was a multitasking version of CP/M 1.4 available in 1978 that was
- released by some guys in the US. It ran on Industrial Micro Systems
- hardware using bank switched memory and 8 inch floppies. Performance was
- OK until disk accesses slowed the system. Unfortunately I have forgotten
- the details.
-
- Regards,
- Garry Page
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