This 8088-based kit running DOS 2.1 was a game-changer for me back in 1986.
Posted on 04/27/2024 3:10:42 PM PDT by Signalman
I somehow missed my favorite in the presentation. Windows ME
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This 8088-based kit running DOS 2.1 was a game-changer for me back in 1986.
That is a great graphic presentation of the PC desktop operating systems history. Thanks.
I started with GCOS and WMMCCS back in 1976. Then onto Cyber 265 in 1979, IBM OS/360 in 1982 and DEC PDP Ultrix & RXS Macro in 1984.
Try pucking on OS and watch the market share % change over time.
It was interesting watching how long it took the Mac OS systems to move above the 5% or less of market share. Yet even today it is only about 15%.
CP/M was significantly better than DOS. If Gary Kildall had not been such a dick and signed the non-compete with IBM, Gates would have faded into the dustbin of history and nobody ever would have heard of “Microsoft”.
About 6 years ago, I went into a FedEx/Kinko’s store, and just inside the door, there was Steve Wozniak on his mobile phone. He was talking about Apple IIc progamming.
Sounded like somebody was working up a new OS for the computer.
I just found a sealed copy of XP pro the other day. Wonder if authentication still works.
Windows XP Mode - Install and Setup
https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8247-windows-xp-mode-install-setup-37.html
How to Set up a Windows XP Emulator for Windows 10
https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-set-up-windows-xp-emulator-for-windows-10-4772549
WOW
let me see
c64, c128 with cpm,pc’s with msdos, win3.0,3.1, w95,w98,winXP,vista still have it on a laptop, win7 and win10
OS/2 and its incarnations on a laptop and a desktop, PCLinxOS on a laptop 32 bit and a desktop 64bit.
I have XP and Office 2003. If I ever reconfigure my PCs, I plan on trying to load both of them to see if I can get them to work. Before W7 and Office 2010 came along, those two were the best.
“I have XP and Office 2003.”
I have Windows 7 and Office 2003. When we move, that Office 2003 program goes with me in my carry-on, along with my jewelry and recipes. The introduction of “the ribbon” ruined MS Office Suite.
Hubby has that abominable Office 365. It’s a hot mess.
I also have an XP laptop, but it won’t connect to the wifi. It finds the wifi, but simply will not connect.
“Windows 7 is still my favorite OS.”
It’s the best! It’s on all of my systems. (You can buy new Windows 7 and XP from NIXSYS in their Legacy line, BTW.)
Around 2010 I had Vista on a laptop and didn’t like it much — until I got one with Window 10. Then I loved Vista.
I liked Win 2000 Pro.
I'm with you, I hate the ribbon, and there is an add-on I once used to restore the old menu. That ruined it for me as well. I use 2010 mostly now, which of course has the ribbon, but I put up with it.
I did too! Try loading that now and see what happens! LOL
I gotta check that out!
I remember that. I had hoped that CP/M would have become the premiere O/S. One of my military supervisors even had a personal computer that could boot both CP/M and MS-DOS. She preferred CP/M.
Windows ME, HAHAHAHA!!!
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