Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On 2/11/25 2:07 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Tue, 11 Feb 2025 02:04:13 -0500, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net wrote:
 

    People forget that the original IBM-PCs came with both DOS and CP/M
    disks. You CAN run CP/M-86 in VirtualBox BTW. Up through the Quad-4
    Intel processors you could BOOT the CP/M disk. Still have one box
    with a Quad processor and real floppy drive. Gonna keep it ! Gateways
    to the past as as important as gateways to the future.

 I never ran CP/M-86. I don't remember when I bought my first IBM-PC clone
but I definitely wasn't an early adopter. By the time I got there it was
all over but the shouting.

   My office bought two early on - they only seemed to
   differ by how much memory you could plug in. However
   they both came with a CP/M-86 disk. Back then, DOS
   was new while CP/M was a well-established biz OS.
   IBM was covering the bases.
   DOS turned out to be easier to deal with, so it won.
   Bill Gates also won because his lawyers sneaked-in
   a small-print item requiring IBM to always include
   his latest system along with their PCs - and the IBM
   lawyers MISSED it.  :-)