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Publication Date: 1984
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The Operating System Jungle: Finding a Common Path Keeps Getting More Difficult.
Pournelle, Jerry
Popular Computing, v3 n8 p81-83,86 Jun 1984
Describes the computer field before the advent of CP/M (Control Program for Microcomputers), an operating system which facilitated compatibility between different computers. CP/M's functions and flaws and the advent of Apple DOS and UCSD Pascal, two additional widely used operating systems, and the significance of their development are also discussed. (MBR)
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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