Zack Weinberg on Nostr: Looking for people who remember the #unix wars (i.e. the huge variety of Unix ...
Looking for people who remember the #unix wars (i.e. the huge variety of Unix workstations and minicomputers that were on the market in the late 1980s and early 1990s) to help answer the questions in
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/config-patches/2024-05/msg00022.htmlIn particular, if any of these names mean something to you, please follow up to that email:
acis
aos
oss
pc533 (not pc532)
sim
storm-chaos
triton
ultra
unicom
Based on where they were found, these should all be names for vendors and operating systems.
boost and republish for reach please
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