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| From | mechanicjay@sol.smbfc.net (Mechanicjay) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 |
| Date | 2026-06-18 15:47 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <slrn10ts1tf.8k9.mechanicjay@sol.smbfc.net> (permalink) |
| References | <nnd$6ea886ba$1c547b7f@9c94dd43bc13ac30> <slrn10tj5nu.7bt.mechanicjay@sol.smbfc.net> <87ik7j6ged.fsf@rpi3> |
On Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:13:14 -0700, Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> wrote: >mechanicjay@sol.smbfc.net (Mechanicjay) writes: >> Xenix on the TRS-80 Model 16 is actually very easy to use, but that's a little >> earlier and was geared as a office document system...and no ethernet, so I'm not >> sure it really counts. > >I'm curious about the TRS-80 and the lack of ethernet (not >surprised). Isn't there a way to use modern serial wifi adapters to get >that sucker on a network? > Well, the machine dates from the early 80's. It was marketed as a business / document all-in-one type solution. It came standard with 2 serial ports, but you could get a 6 line serial card as well, to hang up to SIX terminals off it to support your office staff. The software packages available for it are things like, word processing, spreadsheets, accounting, etc. So, yes, you can hang a modem or a serial wifi adapter for some network connectivity, but you're really limited to the CU utility and some XMODEM for file transfers. There's no tcp/ip stack to speak of. -- Sent from my Personal DECstation 5000/25
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Old commercial UNIX in '26 Piper McCorkle <contact@piperswe.me> - 2026-06-15 08:27 +0200
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 mechanicjay@sol.smbfc.net (Mechanicjay) - 2026-06-15 06:57 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-06-15 09:25 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-06-15 10:01 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2026-06-15 13:39 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-06-15 14:06 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-15 14:36 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-06-15 11:14 -0400
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-15 15:29 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-06-15 16:23 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-15 16:43 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-06-15 19:06 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> - 2026-06-16 20:07 -0700
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2026-06-15 15:16 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> - 2026-06-15 07:13 -0700
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 mechanicjay@sol.smbfc.net (Mechanicjay) - 2026-06-18 15:47 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-06-15 11:34 -0400
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-15 23:55 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Piper McCorkle <contact@piperswe.me> - 2026-06-16 04:50 +0200
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-16 03:34 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-16 12:49 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-16 14:40 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-17 11:49 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-17 13:55 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-18 09:52 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-18 14:45 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Piper McCorkle <contact@piperswe.me> - 2026-06-16 21:59 +0200
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-06-16 13:53 -0700
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-17 12:00 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-17 13:21 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-15 19:35 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-06-15 20:01 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-16 12:50 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-15 22:40 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-06-16 09:19 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-16 13:00 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-06-16 13:44 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-16 14:47 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-06-16 14:59 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-16 16:24 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-06-16 20:19 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-16 21:27 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-06-17 08:44 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-16 21:39 +0100
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-06-16 21:19 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-16 21:29 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-16 12:59 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-06-16 07:30 -0700
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 "Phigan" <phigan@mutinybbs.com.remove-54f-this> - 2026-06-18 16:28 -0400
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-83z-this> - 2026-06-20 08:22 -0700
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-20 18:59 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-jv-this> - 2026-06-28 14:16 -0700
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2026-07-04 14:19 -0400
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2026-07-04 14:08 -0400
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-16 14:51 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-16 21:32 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-17 13:54 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-06-17 14:21 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-06-17 19:35 +0000
[OT] Shifts in type of computing machinery (was: Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-18 08:56 +0100
Re: [OT] Shifts in type of computing machinery Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-06-18 06:37 -0700
Re: [OT] Shifts in type of computing machinery Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-06-18 07:57 -0700
Re: [OT] Shifts in type of computing machinery Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-18 22:51 +0000
Re: [OT] Shifts in type of computing machinery Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-06-19 07:37 -0700
Re: [OT] Shifts in type of computing machinery Piper McCorkle <contact@piperswe.me> - 2026-06-19 18:46 +0200
Re: [OT] Shifts in type of computing machinery Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-20 09:28 +0100
Re: [OT] Shifts in type of computing machinery Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-06-19 19:57 -0700
Re: [OT] Shifts in type of computing machinery Daniel Cerqueira <dan.list@lispclub.com> - 2026-06-18 15:27 +0100
Re: [OT] Shifts in type of computing machinery Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-21 09:15 +0100
Re: [OT] Shifts in type of computing machinery Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-06-18 07:52 -0700
Re: [OT] Shifts in type of computing machinery Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-18 22:52 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Anthk GM <anthk@disroot.org> - 2026-06-22 19:14 +0000
Re: Old commercial UNIX in '26 Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-22 22:29 +0000
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