10 Jan
1999
10 Jan
'99
4:56 a.m.
On Sun, 10 Jan 1999, Victor the Cleaner wrote:
CP/M was available, but not the stock OS. North Star
(originally Kentucky
Fried Computers - swear to god) designed their own unique floppy controller
(it was their entry into the S100 market) and had a proprietary OS to go
with it. The controller was a full S100 board to run the 5" drives alone,
Anyone have any hardware with the old Kentucky Fried Computers company
name on it? I guess the story is that Kentucky Fried Chicken (now the
ever so chicly named KFC) sued them over the name and they had to change
it.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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