Re:
The Unisys SCAMP package
conhttp://freepatentsonline.com/5113500.html
appears to be a patent for it.
Part of the summary of that 1989 (filing date) patent could have been
directly lifted from the description of the internals of
the HP 150:
The first operating system is organized to act as the I/O
and peripheral subsystem for the second computer system so that
peripheral connectivity, operational and maintenance interfaces can
function with a PC keyboard, screen and peripheral devices.
The HP 150 shipped with the "first operating system" being "magic",
which ran two tasks: I/O and MS-DOS :)
What government institution is dedicated to the proposition
that history never repeats? The Patent Office :(
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Stan Sieler
sieler at
allegro.com
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