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Re: [SLE] early vi -- ed -- edlin
- From: "Carlos E. R." <robin1.listas@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:07:27 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0511131620410.4186@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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The Sunday 2005-11-13 at 08:54 -0500, James Knott wrote:
> > I don't know when they were comercialized, but I just dug out the
> > "Technical Reference" book of the IBM PC, first edition (Revised January
> > 1983) and it documents both interfaces:
> >
> > IBM Monochrome Display and Parallel Printer Adapter 2-47
> > ...
> > Color/Graphics Adapter 2-55
> >
> > They were different cards.
> >
>
> The "PC" was announced in August 1981 and went on sale in October. By
> 1983, the XT would have been available, IIRC.
Even if that were so, which I don't know (after all, I don't/didn't live
in the USA), that book was published by IBM that year and was for the PC
only, no mention of the XT at all. And it documents the CGA card. And it
is a reprint, thus there was an earlier print date.
That documentation had much to do with the PC boom, it facilitated making
cards, adaptors, clones, and software.
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Cheers,
Carlos Robinson
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The Sunday 2005-11-13 at 08:54 -0500, James Knott wrote:
> > I don't know when they were comercialized, but I just dug out the
> > "Technical Reference" book of the IBM PC, first edition (Revised January
> > 1983) and it documents both interfaces:
> >
> > IBM Monochrome Display and Parallel Printer Adapter 2-47
> > ...
> > Color/Graphics Adapter 2-55
> >
> > They were different cards.
> >
>
> The "PC" was announced in August 1981 and went on sale in October. By
> 1983, the XT would have been available, IIRC.
Even if that were so, which I don't know (after all, I don't/didn't live
in the USA), that book was published by IBM that year and was for the PC
only, no mention of the XT at all. And it documents the CGA card. And it
is a reprint, thus there was an earlier print date.
That documentation had much to do with the PC boom, it facilitated making
cards, adaptors, clones, and software.
- --
Cheers,
Carlos Robinson
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