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- From: dick.zeitlin%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Dick Zeitlin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.unisys
- Subject: Re: Burroughs B20
- Message-ID: <151.166.uupcb@ssr.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 14:57:00 GMT
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- Organization: Advanced Computer Concepts BBS, New Rochelle, NY 914-654-1981
- Reply-To: dick.zeitlin%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Dick Zeitlin)
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- MC> .>What else is there to know about this system? Can it run any sort of
- > .>"real" operating system?
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- It runs a real operating system. Perhaps not one overly familiar to
- you, but one that rivals anything on the market today. You might want
- to get a book called "Exploring CTOS", published by Prentice Hall.
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- MC> .The B20 runs BTOS, which was called CTOS when you bought it from Convergen
- > .I think the B20 used a Z80 or similar 8-bit microprocessor.
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- B-20 is a generic term. The first machine shipped, in 1980, used an
- 8086. Since then, there have been machines shipped using the 80186,
- 286, 386, and 486.
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- There's a CTOS vendor in Rochester that you might want to contact. ISD.
- I don't have the address handy, but from memory the number is
- 716-288-1686. Ask for Tom Wallace.
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- D/
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