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Re:Development content accidentally shipped on a DOS CD-ROM ... by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @08:49AM (#13695340)
I have old source that is simply inaccessible. Quarter inch tape reels. 8" floppies. Even paper tape! So it may be around, but nobody on earth can read it.
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Re:Development content accidentally shipped on a DOS CD-ROM ... by eropple on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @08:51AM (#13695361)
If it's of historical significance or interest, I know folks who might be able to help you with that. Email's in my profile.
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Re:Development content accidentally shipped on a DOS CD-ROM ... by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @08:52AM (#13695374)
Not really - mag tape is old source to an early PC (pre-IBM-PC) operating system I used to work on. And the paper tape is compressed using a utility my friend wrote, and I forget how it works.

But thanks!

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Re:Development content accidentally shipped on a DOS CD-ROM ... by Something1234 on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @10:42AM (#13696279)
Can we have more details about the early PC os?
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Re:Development content accidentally shipped on a DOS CD-ROM ... by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @11:45AM (#13696900)
CTOS, or Convergent Technologies' Operating System, x86. It was a message-based client-server OS that was popular because it allowed diskless workstations hooked to a server. Shared disk, network, printers etc. Much more capable that DOS. Ran in a 1MB machine (they used to have those!) No special network cards - networking was built in. And no system administrator needed. Popular with govt buyers who calculated total cost of ownership for the whole system.

Convergent manufactured their own line of desktop computers. Initially marketed as 'scientific', they quickly found that enterprise was where the money was. So we built a whole office suite, Document Designer, editors, print engine, a Multiplan port (pre-Excel) from a goofy guy at a company called Microsoft.

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