M$ brings the 'net to unix

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> Sorry Charlie, but pre-emptive multitasking was invented as the reason
> to invent the interrupt, which first appeared in modern form on the GE
> 600 series of machines in the late 1960's, long before the
> microprocessor was invented.  Remember, Multics was what inspired
> Unix!

More trivia: the first port of Unix to an Intel chip (Xenix) was on a
single-board computer designed and built by my now recently defunct
former employer, Central Data Corporation.

Xenix was created by Microsoft.  They spun their Unix effort off as the
Santa Cruz Operation, which is now the independent company SCO.

For more info, search in old dejanews archives for "Central Data" and
Xenix.

Richard Masoner
Champaign Illinois USA