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Likewise, I had a Sanyo MBC550 computer, which came with its own MS-DOS, but would not run some (most) IBM PC software. Software that bypassed the "official" A
by analog31 4y ago
Likewise, I had a Sanyo MBC550 computer, which came with its own MS-DOS, but would not run some (most) IBM PC software.
Software that bypassed the "official" API, typically for the sake of speed gains, easily became tied down to the IBM PC memory map. Thankfully, there were separate versions of some apps that ran on generic MS-DOS, including the original Turbo Pascal, and Word Perfect, so the computer got me all the way through college.
Why did I choose the Sanyo, you ask? I was able to get a complete computing system, with display, printer, and "bundled" software, for under US $1000.
- smackeyacky 4y agoI had one of these growing up too - for largely the same reason (2nd hand it was much cheaper than an IBM clone). We ran Wordstar on it, which worked AFAIK out of the box with no modifications. Everything else was a crap shoot. The screen was incredibly slow too, like using a terminal over a slow modem. It got me through university though.