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echo: classic_computer
to: Bob Klahn
from: Tom Walker
date: 2003-11-02 07:22:14
subject: Classic Computer

->  TW> That to me means that by NO means is a Machine Running
->  TW> PC/MS DOS a classic. There are just far too many still in
->  TW> service. Now those still running CPM maybe.

->  The last time I looked IBM was still selling DOS. Which tells me
->  IBM is a better corporate citizen that MS.

 And the Remains of the Old DR-DOS(now CAkldera DOS as I recall) after
MS brutaly crushed them is still selling DOS. As an example several
people use Caldera DOS for their Boot Disks to run their software. 


-> ->> Uhh,don't a fair portion of the old ATM machines still run
on 486's as
-> well?

->  TW>  Adn running LINUX or a variant as I understand it.

->  Like I said before, not too long ago I saw a board in a cell
->  phone cite running a Z-80.

 The Z-80 is still going Strong. I have seen them used in Elevator
control panels. There are hundreds of other uses also out there.
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