26 Sep
2018
26 Sep
'18
9:44 p.m.
On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 at 02:21, Peter Jeremy <peter(a)rulingia.com> wrote:
An 8-bit memory bus means half as many RAM chips and buffers. Keep in mind
that the IBM 5150 was intentionally crippled to ensure it didn't compete
with
IBM's low-end minis.
Did the 5150 have a UNIX available anywhere near its launch date? I know
that it had DOS, CP/M-86, and the UCSD p-System relatively early on. It's
not clear to me whether Xenix ever supported the original PC; were there
other early porting efforts?
-Henry