12 Apr
2007
12 Apr
'07
8:03 a.m.
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.
I remember this!
It was a multi user MS-DOS. It supported a number of 8 port serial cards
of the same generation (Starcomm or something like that). You'd attach
terminals to the serial board and run software that was written to run
under PC-MOS. Medical office software was what I mostly saw on these
systems.
12 Apr
12 Apr
12:44 p.m.
On 12 Apr 2007 at 8:03, James Fogg wrote:
I remember this!
It was a multi user MS-DOS. It supported a number of 8 port serial cards
of the same generation (Starcomm or something like that). You'd attach
terminals to the serial board and run software that was written to run
under PC-MOS. Medical office software was what I mostly saw on these
systems.
Perusing the installation manual, mention is made of a multiport
intelligent serial card (MAXPEED SS 8/M) interfacing to Wyse 60
terminals. But then, other examples go on to use something called a
Maxtation SH 4/M adapter, which seems to be a card that interfaces 4
Hercules MGA adapters and 4 PC keyboards, used as terminals.
Then there's the VGNA, (Video Graphcs Network Adapter) that supports
two VGA monitors and keyboards. Up to 4 VGNAs per system is allowed.
I've never heard of either of these adapters.
Networking is mentioned, but is very sketchy.
The latest CPU mentioned is a 486; disk partition sizes of up to
628MB seem to be supported.
Cheers,
Chuck
1:26 p.m.
On 4/12/07, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 12 Apr 2007 at 8:03, James Fogg wrote:
I've seen it in several medical offices. We have two or three current
customers who are working down accounts on older systems like that.
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I remember this!
It was a multi user MS-DOS. It supported a number of 8 port serial cards
of the same generation (Starcomm or something like that). You'd attach
terminals to the serial board and run software that was written to run
under PC-MOS. Medical office software was what I mostly saw on these
systems.
Perusing the installation manual, mention is made of a multiport
intelligent serial card (MAXPEED SS 8/M) interfacing to Wyse 60
terminals. But then, other examples go on to use something called a
Maxtation SH 4/M adapter, which seems to be a card that interfaces 4
Hercules MGA adapters and 4 PC keyboards, used as terminals.
Then there's the VGNA, (Video Graphcs Network Adapter) that supports
two VGA monitors and keyboards. Up to 4 VGNAs per system is allowed.
I've never heard of either of these adapters.
Networking is mentioned, but is very sketchy.
The latest CPU mentioned is a 486; disk partition sizes of up to
628MB seem to be supported.
Cheers,
Chuck
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