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Fri, 03 December 2021 09:53

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On 3 Dec 2021 09:47:27 GMT
Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> wrote:

> This was what I wanted to know, and there is very little about it. I
> remember that anyone who wanted to take the IBM route had to pay some
> money down, including (Bernie Sugar(sp?)) who resented it fiercely.
> Looking back, I wonder if os/2 was a sort of chromebook is some sort
> followup?

Nothing to do with OS/2 - what they had to pay for was the license
to use the proprietary MCA bus which added a chunk onto the cost of a PC
and without which you couldn't use PS/2 expansion cards. I think the
license also came with strings because I don't recall seeing a dual bus
machine.

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