XT 5160

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Thu, 5 May 2005, Patrick Finnegan wrote:

> On Thursday 05 May 2005 02:34, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> > On Thu, 5 May 2005, Parker, Kevin wrote:
> > > > Kevin wrote:
> > > > > Can anyone advise what OS shipped with the IBM XT 5160 - I
> > > > > can't seem to find a definitive answer on the net.
> > > >
> > > > None.  IBM-DOS was available for separate purchase, as were
> > > > several other operating systems.
> > >
> > > Do you know what the popular choice was?
> >
> > What, are you serious?  Ok, it was Multics.
>
> I think you mean Xinu.

No, I really meant OS/360, because we all know it was the most popular OS
for the original IBM PC, just after PC-DOS 1.00.

But this is just speculation.

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