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QNX was the OS behind the ICON computer that was used in schools across Ontario in the mid-80’s. At the time, I thought they were pretty cool. https://en.wikip
by criddell 2y ago
QNX was the OS behind the ICON computer that was used in schools across Ontario in the mid-80’s. At the time, I thought they were pretty cool.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICON_(microcomputer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICON_(microcomputer)
- JohnAtQNX 2y agoWow, I didn't know this! Thanks for sharing!
- justin66 2y agoWow. 80186. That's something you don't see every day.
- wwweston 2y agoI think my (American) HS had two of these just a few years later, but I didn't remember any QNX connection!
- wisemang 2y agoI’d be very surprised! I thought it was very much an Ontario ministry of education thing.
- brynet 2y agoYour school might have had a PET or something, the ICONs were Canadian machines.. software had to be obtained from the government. These machines didn't work at all without a server to network boot from, aka the LEXICON machine, so it's not likely some teacher squirreled all that across the border. They were not commercially available.
- wisemang 2y agoDiscussed on HN at least once before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41163875 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41163875