12 Apr
2007
12 Apr
'07
7:32 p.m.
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I was looking for something else and ran across a
two-binder set of
something called "PC-MOS" by The Software Link, circa 1992. I opened
the shrinkwrap on the nstallation manual and the thing looks like
it's a multi-user version of MS-DOS, talking to terminals. I
appear to have a 5 user version.
Anyone familiar with this animal? The version is 4.2.
PC-MOS was widely used to implement point-of-sale systems for smaller
stores that otherwise couldn't afford, say, a microVAX. I once worked at
a pizza place that used it. That system served Wyse terminals and receipt
printers through a Digiboard octopus.
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David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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