Re: The Apple II is crap

["Bill Leary" <Bill_Leary@msn.com>]

"Jack Peacock" <peacock@simconv.com> wrote in message
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> There was also a standalone multi-user version of North Star Basic.  I
> believe The Byte Shop sold it.  They modified the regular NS Basic to
> support a limited context swap so several users could run Basic.  Sort of
a
> poor man's RSTS system.

Along those same lines there was also the original MUMPS, which was both a
language and a multi-user OS.

And I also worked (briefly) with a FORTH system which basically did the same
thing, but in a somewhat more general manner.  Three or four users on a Z80
with 63K (yes, six three) of memory.

    - Bill