19 Jul
2016
19 Jul
'16
1:50 p.m.
On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 6:25 AM, Peter Corlett <abuse at cabal.org.uk> wrote:
On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 01:03:31PM -0600, ben wrote:
[...]
Clunky, yes, but it enabled government and some commercial sales back
in the day because of mandatory "DOS Compatible" purchasing
requirements. There were some forms that literally had a checkbox for
"is this computer DOS compatible" on IT requisition forms, and if you
didn't/couldn't check that box, you would likely be turned down for
desktop hardware.
-ethan
I had hopes on the Amiga until they came out with
the 2000*.
* Lets add a brain dead cpu and run DOS.
The A2088 was an add-in option. Back in the day, only one of my A2000-owning
friends had a bridgecard. I was given a demo, and it was rather clunky.