RE: [cobalt-users] apology... I think...

["Marion S. Thompson" <mst@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

M/PM... That brings back memories.  Applied Management Corp.'s original
parking revenue contol program, Dynapark, ran under that O/S on a Systems
Group S-100 box.  The current versions of Dynapark are still running on a
latter day version of M/PM called Real/32.  AMC also went through a TurboDOS
phase using IMS multi-S100 CPU boxes - solid!  I also learned a little bit
of Unix on an old Altos (Control Data) 8086 system (still have it).  That
later came in handy when I switched over to Linux.  And now here we all are
on Cobalt RaQ products.  A strange journey - I'm feeling pretty old about
now.

mst

Marion S. Thompson
HeleNet Systems
(406) 449-2065

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jeff Lasman
> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 10:51 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] apology... I think...
>
>
> Phil Beynon wrote:
>
> > micros to multi user minis covering unix varieties, Microsoft, cpm, mpm,
> > pick, and lots of now long dead O/S.
>
> I also did a lot with M/PM.  (Gary Kildahl was a friend for years) and
> with the OSM Zeus, which ran it's own version of multi-user CP/M, one
> Z-80 processor board per user, sharing the hard disk.  Kind of like
> Blades today; what goes around comes around, I guess <smile>.
>
> I was also VP of software development for the Lobo, which also had 128k
> and ran either LDOS (making it a TRS-80 Model I work-alike) or CP/M or
> CP/M Plus (Version 3).  According to Gary we had the best implmentation
> of CP/M plus there ever was, but it had very little to do with me; it
> was that the 12kk of memory could be broken up so well into pages and
> all of them could be switched in and out of memory.  Most S-100 bus
> computers were limited in that the first page could never be swapped
> out; we didn't have that limitation.  Good hardware design <smile> which
> I had nothing to do with.
>
> > To be honest the Raq is probably one of the most interesting things I've
> > gotten into for a while now, I've explored PCs to the point
> where they are
> > just boring!
>
> I agree.  I just downloaded Kylix.  It'll be interesting.
>
> > 128Mb on a TRS80 - you must have upgraded the PSU a bit then!
>
> Brain fart.  128k.  And 4mHz as well.  It was the OSM Zeus that ran at
> 8mHz, I think.
>
> Jeff
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