6 Feb
2002
6 Feb
'02
9:44 a.m.
VMI -- Virtual Microsystem. Made embedded MSDOS machines for
Q bus, Unibus and Nova bus machines. Allowed you to run
MessyDos programs under assorted DEC operating systems as
well as AOS/VS. Downtown Berkeley, next to the BART station.
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Chris Kennedy
chris(a)mainecoon.com
http://www.mainecoon.com
PGP fingerprint: 4E99 10B6 7253 B048 6685 6CBC 55E1 20A3 108D AB97
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Fred Cisin
(XenoSoft)
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 12:33 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: East Bay companies (was: What's your specialty?
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
I'm in the process (slowly but surely) of
setting up a computer museum at
the ACCRC, and since it is in Oakland, will feature a primary exhibit of
computers produced locally (in the East Bay, as that area is called).
This would include Processor Technology (Berkeley and later Pleasanton),
Northstar
formerly Kentucky Fried Computers
(Berkeley
and later Hayward?
), IMSAI and Singer/Friden (San Leandro), Osborne
(Hayward
Orignally Berkeley?
), Godbout/CompuPro (Oakland), and a couple
I'm probably
forgetting.
Thinker Toys, Later Morrow Designs (Berkeley)
Sybex books (Berkeley, later Alameda)
Osborne-McGraw-Hill books (Berkeley)
Hercules (Berkeley)
Golemics (Berkeley)
Dantz (Berkeley)
What is/was the name of Gilman Louie's computer game company in Alameda?
and:
XenoSoft (Berkeley) !
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com