30 May
2003
30 May
'03
3:12 p.m.
Is the the green screen 'Wang Classic' computer ? If
so, I don't believe that a Windows port was ever
available for it.
There were later Wang machines that supported Windows;
these were PC clones. I had one of these around
1986/1987 that ran Windows 1.03 IIRC. There was also a
port of the Wang Word Processing software that ran on
the later PC compatible models. But for the Wang
Classic I think you'd be limited to their flavour of
MS-DOS due to the BIOS differences.
Regards,
Dave
--- "Dr. Ido" <drido(a)optushome.com.au> wrote:
At 02:11 PM 5/30/03 -0400, you wrote:
That was a machine that came out before compaq
clones the IBM bios.
Dont think it is anywhere near pc compatible.
I know it's not PC compatible (well there is a PC
compatibilty card for it,
but that's not what I am referring to). What I'd
like to find are the
versions of DOS 3.2 (possible) and Windows 1.03
(unlikely) that are native
to this machine.
Weren't there other non-PC versions of Windows 1.x?
DEC Rainbow? Tandy 2000?
I'm sure I've read about those versions, seen
screenshots even. Never
actually seen any of them running in the flesh
though.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Ido" <drido(a)optushome.com.au>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 12:03 PM
Subject: DOS/Windows for Wang Professional Computer
(not a PC clone)?
> Recently I picked up a Wang Professional
Computer. Can't find a model
> number on it anywhere. It 8086 based, 256KB
RAM,
360KB FDD, 10MB HDD.
>
> It runs MS-DOS 2.11, but it is not PC compatible.
>
> A long time before I got this machine I found
some software for it. A box
> of original disks all marked "Wang
Professional
Computer". It includes 2
> versions of the integrated word processor, MS
Chart, DOS3.2 and Windows
> 1.03. Both versions of the word processor
run,
ms chart bombs saying I
> have the wrong graphics card. Neither DOS
3.2
nor Windows 1.03 will
> install. DOS 3.2 just hangs the machine,
Windows
1.03 bombs with an
> interrupt error. The disks seem to read
okay.
>
> Anyone know what I'm doing wrong or have working
copies?
>
> I vaugely remember seeing pictures of this
machine in the Windows launch
> issue of Byte. Though it would be cool to
have
windows running on
something
> other than a PC clone. I think I've even got a
copy Balance of Power for
>> Win 1.x around here somewhere.