Re: Decaf

[dhandy@xxxxxxxxxxx (Douglas Handy)]

EndreE,

>well, if I remember well, the S/32 was based on the S/23 -- I did  install a
>few of those [ maybe 3 or 4? ]

Sorry.  The S/32 pre-dated the S/23 (aka the DataMaster).  Even the
S/34 pre-dated the S/23.

The S/23 was the follow-on product to othe 51xx series line, and never
ran SCP (like the S/3 and S/32) or SSP (like the S/34 and S/36).  It
predominately used BASIC as opposed to RPG like the S/32.

The S/23 had the misfortune of being developed about the same time as
the original IBM PC.  According to the rumors I heard at the time,
Intel couldn't supply enough 8088 chips for both projected PC and
DataMaster sales, so IBM had to pick which product would use the 8088
and which would use a different chip.  The rest is history.

The S/23 OS and version of BASIC was very comprehensive compared to
the PC (indexed files, full-screen displays with formatted input
fields, etc), but it was slower than a dog.  I've sometimes wondered
what would have happened if IBM chose to put the 8088 in the S/23 and
made the PC a performance dog instead.

Doug
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