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Well, perhaps not "mainstream", but I was programming on Xenix supporting half a dozen or so users at the BBC on a 386 towards the end of the 80s.
by zabzonk 2y ago
Well, perhaps not "mainstream", but I was programming on Xenix supporting half a dozen or so users at the BBC on a 386 towards the end of the 80s.
- chasil 2y agoTexas Instruments was selling i386 Xenix systems to a major farm implement company in the early 90s. I actually traveled the country installing these in dealerships. They ran an accounting system written in RM+COBOL. TI replaced this line with 68000-based UNIX, then sold their business computer systems line to HP.
- zabzonk 2y agoI will say that the 486 Altos system I got a bit later was much better than the 386. Still, it was impressive how these boxes could support multiple users.
- chasil 2y agoThe TI 386 motherboard was in three parts, connected by ribbon cable. There were reliability problems.
- chasil 2y agoThis was the later TI 1500 series from Texas Instruments, based on the 68000 family. http://www.home.unix-ag.org/engel/ti/ http://www.home.unix-ag.org/engel/ti/ I think this was the 1300 motherboard. https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/texas-instrument-system-1200-1300 https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/texas-instrument-syst...