Author: Albert Silver
Date: 17:59:04 06/17/02
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On June 17, 2002 at 19:46:24, Christophe Theron wrote:
>On June 17, 2002 at 12:30:33, Albert Silver wrote:
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>>On June 17, 2002 at 11:32:54, Fernando Villegas wrote:
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>>>.
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>>Ah? I read that Rebel was finally going to be compatible with ALL the major
>>desktop operating systems to respond to the demands of all the customers and
>>make sure everyone is happy. The systems to be covered are:
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>>Mac OS
>>BeOS
>>Linux
>>DOS
>>Warp OS/2
>>Unix
>>GEOS
>>CP/M
>>S/390
>>VMS
>>
>>So now, NO ONE can say the customers aren't being listened to.
>>
>> Albert
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>PC/Geos (aka Geoworks) was the most demanded of all. :)
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>Seriously, it was a terrific operating system. On a modest PC/XT with 640Kb RAM
>it allowed to type texts and draw graphics and get a full wysiwyg result. And it
>was fast. Incredible.
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>One of the coolest piece of code ever.
>
>At the same time Windows was at version 2 and was absolutely... unusable.
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> Christophe
:-)
You know, I actually remember when they came out with a Macintosh-type system
for the..... Apple II. I saw it demoed in a store and was fascinated.
Albert
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