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- From: J.BUSH@MD-B.Prime.COM (John Bush, PrimeService +1 508-620-2800 Voice x7068 Fax x5744)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
- Subject: My turn to Guess
- Message-ID: <9208281606.AA11423@usenet.rpi.edu>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 16:04:36 GMT
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- Re:
- > PRIMOS III WAS FOR THE PRIME 300 AND PRIMOS IV WAS FOR THE PRIME 400.
- > EARLIER THAN THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER NAME.
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- Okay, I'll give it a try.
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- Are you thinking of RTS ? (my mnemonic might not be correct)
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- This was a "Real Time" operating system that got dumped in 1978.
- It only ran on P-100's and P-200's. (and I don't mean terminals).
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- This may have been the first product cancellation in Prime's history.
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- It was this system that first supported the SOC & GPIB boards. Now,
- THERE'S an interface for you ... Talk about programming in OCTAL !!!
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- -John
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