24 Jan
2004
24 Jan
'04
5:53 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Ernest
Sent: 24 January 2004 17:10
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Who was first?
I know that this is a bit like comparing apples and oranges but I was
wondering who did what first?
Phoenix produced a legal clone of IBM's system Bios, which enabled other
companies to produced cheaper clones of the IBM PC.
Phoenix? I thought it was Compaq in 1982-3 when they spent several million
dollars making a non-copyright infringing compatible BIOS for the Compaq
Portable?
Again, I could be wrong :)
cheers
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