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> Real operating systems have to run on a myriad of hardware Historically untrue, and still not true for OSes like Windows NT (modern versions x86 and Itanium
by derleth 16y ago
> Real operating systems have to run on a myriad of hardware
Historically untrue, and still not true for OSes like Windows NT (modern versions x86 and Itanium only), MVS (z Series only), and, of course, Mac OS X.
Historically, I think Unix was the first OS to run on multiple different kinds of hardware, as opposed to running on multiple variants of the same architecture.
- Pooter 16y ago>Historically untrue, and still not true for OSes like Windows NT (modern versions x86 and Itanium only), MVS (z Series only), and, of course, Mac OS X. It's nitpicking, but MVS was developed in the mid-70s to run on the s/370, before the zArchitecture was developed.