15 Jun
1998
15 Jun
'98
4:34 p.m.
Jeff Kaneko wrote:
<SNIP>
Methinks they also did a port of MS-Word for the AT&T Unix-PC 7300 (A
The Unix PC port of MS-Word was from the DOS version, not the Windows
version still in the future. MultiPlan was also available for the
Unix PC.
> Apple: Apple softcard combind package of CP/M
and MS languges and a z80.
> TRS80: Disk basic.
And ROM BASIC before that.
> PDP-11: Didn't MS do a unix varient?
They did most Xenix development on (IIRC) Vaxen.
> UNix... they did have a hand in a PC unix and
apps for it.
MS licensed the Unix code from Bell Labs and started the project. They
could not make it a commercial product. They sublet the license to
Altos, Tandy and SCO (in order of products shipped, in reverse order of
long-term corporate success with the product).
>
> Allison
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