reality check (was: offer - OS/2 for the PDP-11)

Dan Gahlinger dgahling at hotmail.com
Thu Jan 3 10:03:37 CST 2008


and what makes you the authority on that anyhow?

All I was saying is what it "appeared" to be, and what one other person agreed it "looked" like.

it hasn't been authenticated one way or another.

Still, even contents of OS/2 on a PDP-11 TK50 is a TRULY bizarre thing! no matter how you slice it.

Dan.

> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:36:18 -0800
> From: aek at bitsavers.org
> To: classiccmp at classiccmp.org
> CC: 
> Subject: reality check  (was: offer - OS/2 for the PDP-11)
> 
> ggs said:
> 
>  > Folks, there was *no* OS/2 for anything other than the x86 and the PPC.
> 
> Awww, injecting REALITY into typical classiccmp nonsense.
> 
> Also, there was NO NT for the 68K, as it REQUIRES little-endian support in
> the CPU.
> 
> 
> 
> 

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