Sujet : Re: Workstation Aesthetics (was: Re: Do Microsoft?s Copilot+ PCs Require Linux?)
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 03. Jun 2024, 10:38:10
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On Mon, 3 Jun 2024 02:24:42 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:
BTW, I looked for a video demonstrating an Apollo workstation desktop,
but couldn't find anything. Probably too old...
They were acquired by HP, I think roughly around the time X11 came on the
scene. Before that, they were running their own not-quite-Unix OS, called
“Domain” (or was it “Aegis”? I see both names used in contemporary docs).
I guess after the HP acquisition they were completely absorbed into HP’s
Unix workstation division.
So if you want distinctive Apollo desktops, you’ll need to go back to
maybe the early/mid 1980s. Back then, SGI had its own GUI too, called
“mex” (which, believe it or not, was short for “Maximum EXposure”).