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dunno about 1) but 2) is Lisa
>From: "Arich Henneman" <Arich_at_valleycare.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: RE: OT -- suggestions to ensure nerdiness in potential IT
>Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 08:16:37 -0800
>
>The cartridge that came with the 2600 was COMBAT. It had a tank game
>and a biplane game. If they added another cartridge, it must have been
>in the later years. And the whole package cost $150
>
>1) Who started Atari, what else did he start?
>2) What Graphical computer preceeded the Mac?
>
>CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers - It was the first big OS.
>2.5 What was the first Big Time Word processor that eventually lost out
>to Word?
>
>3) What company made the first "Portable" (luggable) computers?
>
>The first MAC (128K, 400K floppy) had no handle, I had one(still have
>it)
>4) What was "Special" about the inside of the Mac case?
>5) Who wrote QDOS?
>
>sigh, I agree, the good ol' daze....
>
>
>
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> >>> ThaterW_at_telergy.net 08/02/01 06:57AM >>>
>On Thu, 2 Aug 2001,Boivin, Patrice J scribbled on the wall in glitter
>crayon:
>
>->Was CP/M the OS that Bill Gates bought just before making his big
>deal with
>->IBM? Can't remember.
>->
>->Regards,
>->Patrice Boivin
>->Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
>->
>-> -----Original Message-----
>-> CP/M [or is it CPM i've seen it written both ways.]
>->
>->
>AFAIK, no. it was an OS from a small local company called QDOS [Quick
>and
>Dirty Operating System] if i'm not suffering from too much bit rot.
>
>CP/M was the other OS in contention.
>
>--
>Bill Thater ORACLE DBA
>Telergy,Inc. thaterw_at_telergy.net
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