12 May
2010
12 May
'10
5:43 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben" <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: Sigh, progresss is.....
Fred Cisin wrote:
I wonder if OS/8 on a PDP-8 will still be around in +200 years?
Any guesses how long real hardware could last?
Ben.
1000 years easy if kept from the elements. As far as running condition,
capacitors will need to be replaced sooner or later. Who knows what a modern
computer will look like in 200+ years (could be an implant in your brain by
that point), or a C64 running off of a waterwheel after WW3 is over.
>>
DR-DOS 3.4 might be worth a look if you can find it, but it's obscure.
> "Ahh, but that is the predecessor to MS-DOS" (OK, common ancestor)
On Wed, 12 May 2010, Liam Proven wrote:
[?]
Just kidding!
Only inasmuch as Tim Paterson copied CP/M when he
wrote SCP QDOS...! :?)
Unless he was also working from a time-traveling copy of MS-DOS or
DR-DOS.