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| author | mms <michal@sapka.me> | 2024-06-09 16:08:06 +0200 |
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| committer | mms <michal@sapka.me> | 2024-06-09 16:08:06 +0200 |
| commit | 351564879780e759eb638248820a20ed357c90e5 (patch) | |
| tree | 8700b48439f2aa583dc76136d9ea97d575b415b7 /content-org/unix-history.org | |
| parent | 2c112f2061888a0f53740f53b88dddccd97736b6 (diff) | |
fix: xenix
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/content-org/unix-history.org b/content-org/unix-history.org index bc7d89c..25acdcb 100644 --- a/content-org/unix-history.org +++ b/content-org/unix-history.org @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Dune *** Acknowledgements - [[http://wovenmemories.net/][Jeff]], for proofreading Part III -- [[https://static-dust.klpn.se/][Karl Pettersson]], for pointing date error about IX/386 in Part III +- [[https://static-dust.klpn.se/][Karl Pettersson]], for pointing date errors about IX/386 and Xenix in Part III *** Changes @@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ Mind you, it's still developed (in 2023), but people simply don't want to do any *** Xenix Some /Unixes/ are remembered for very different version. -Xenix, released in 1970 was a fork for IBM/PC (amongst others) released and developed by Microsoft. +Xenix, first released in 1980[fn:xenixneowin] was a fork for IBM/PC, Apple Lisa, Tandy (amongst others) released and developed by Microsoft. Yes, a timeline exists where Windows never became the standard, and instead a MS branded Unix rules the land. The first version is said to be very close to /System 7/, but with time more and more changes were applied. It was quite the buzz in the buzz, even Intel sold a complete computers with Xenix preinstalled under the name System 86. @@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ It's quite expensive, so now we have two types of OSes in our lineage: Unix (wit [fn:gnukiesmert] [[https://gunkies.org/wiki/MERT_operating_system][MERT]] on Gnukies [fn:virt] Yes, virtualization is not a new idea as it dates back to the 60s when IBM designed the System/360 to emulate other devices, like the 1401. [fn:386] [[https://winworldpc.com/product/pc-ix/10][IX/386]] on WinWorld +[fn:xenixneowin] [[https://www.neowin.net/news/a-quick-look-back-at-microsofts-first-computer-operating-system-xenix/][Xenix]] on Neowin * Other https://minnie.tuhs.org/Seminars/AUUG96/pdppaper.html |