[Coco] [Color Computer] The evolution of the Coco..

[Glen VanDenBiggelaar]

Yep, I think NT4 is on sevice pack 28 or something like that. But it still 
remains one of my personal favorate. I will always remember my instructor's 
sayings on NT4 " remember "it's a B*tch to set up, but once it is running, 
you can't stop it"


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>Glen, yep, remember reading something along those lines many moons
>ago....
>Microsoft did dabble in "real" OS's at some point in the past ;-)
>j/k!
>I did like playing with OS/2 in my pre-NT days also....but it was a
>^@%$#^ to install.....
>And NT3.x was a pain in the @55 with the inumerable service
>packs.....(history continues to repeat on that one)
>Cheers Dave
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>--- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "Glen VanDenBiggelaar"
><glenvdb at h...> wrote:
> >
> > Dave,
> > More people will correct me if I am wrong, but Xienx was orginaly
>a
> > Microsoft product:
> > a google search pulled this:
> > In the late 1970's Microsoft licensed UNIX source code from AT&T
>which at
> > the time was not licensing the name UNIX. Therefore Microsoft
>created the
> > name Xenix. Microsoft did not sell Xenix to end-users but instead
>licensed
> > the software to software OEMs such as Intel, Tandy, Altos and SCO
>who then
> > provided a finished version of their own Xenix to the end-users or
>other
> > customers.
> >
> > SCO introduced its first version of Xenix named SCO Xenix System V
>for the
> > Intel 8086 and 8088 in 1983. Today SCO Xenix is one of the more
>commonly
> > used and found versions of Xenix.
> >
> > -Glen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >H'mmnn...Xenix.....the TRS line used that particular OS at some
> > >point...
> > >
> > >I still have my unused copy of SCO 286 Xenix in storage in the
> > >basement but have nothing to run it on....oh well :-(
> > >
> > >Does anyone remember the Mark Williams package called
> > >Coherent...another Unix clone and the first one I learned Unix on
> > >after college.....
> > >
> > >And didn't Wally-Mart offer Linux boxes in the States?
> > >
> > >Cheers Dave
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >--- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "Glen VanDenBiggelaar"
> > ><glenvdb at h...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > John (and the rest)
> > > > Don't get me wrong. I know that CoCo/ XP platform will never
>work,
> > >XP is so
> > > > bloated that you could nevre shrink the kernal to fit it that
> > >small. Not
> > > > even NT (NT 4, which to this day is probaly one of MS most
>stable
> > >products
> > > > in my opinion). I am just stating that no mater where I go,
>Linux
> > >is being
> > > > stated as "The holy Grail" of the IT world, by the zelots out
> > >there (and I
> > > > am not saying anyone here is a Zelot). UNIX itself if not even
> > >being
> > > > debated- just Linux. I would love to see MS bring back Xenix-
>(buy
> > >back the
> > > > rights). My opinoin (and its just mine) is -I am not going
>forced
> > >into a
> > > > product that is taking the market by about 3-5% a year, and
> > >the "big"
> > > > computer manufactures (Dell, IBM, etc) have no confidence in
>the
> > >product on
> > > > the consumer level. I know you might say that this is because
> > >lisensing
> > > > parterships with Bill and the boys), but the average consumer
>is
> > >the one
> > > > still who does have the final say.
> > > >
> > > > BTW - I do know this will get me in a bit of trouble, but keep
>in
> > >mind, its
> > > > just an opinion, If Mac hadn't used A flavour of Linux of OS
>10,
> > >it would
> > > > even be less popular, because the Mac people really had no
>choice
> > >except to
> > > > stay with OS9.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >Coco/Linux, Coco/BSD, Coco/FreeDOS, Coco/ReactOS, etc. all
>could
> > >make
> > > > >sense. Coco/WinXP doesn't as far as I can tell, for reasons
>that
> > >myself,
> > > > >Merch, and Frank have already outlined.
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