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One of the critical mistakes DEC made when they produced the Rainbow microcomputer. You couldn't format diskettes yourself. You had to buy pre-formatted disket
by ChicagoDave 6y ago
One of the critical mistakes DEC made when they produced the Rainbow microcomputer.
You couldn't format diskettes yourself. You had to buy pre-formatted diskettes from DEC.
And the only OS they supported was CP/M. They did not support DOS on the Rainbow.
Ironically, IBM made the same mistake with the PS/2 and a machine with proprietary parts that could not be copied like the parts of a traditional 8088/8088 based PC.