Homebrew OS design group!

the group is about models AND operateing systems, so your not actualy off topic

But you cross-posted in sci.electronics.design, which is not about operating systems. So, you are Off Topics.

Doesn't "OT" stand for "off topic"??? So what is your bitch, anyway?

It would have to be called iTransputer, else it wouldn't stand the slightest chance. Sprinkled with lots of media dazzle and people camping out the whole night in the dead of winter in Thief River Falls, to get the first ones out of Digikey.

BULLSHIT. AMPEX did the basic research, then decided not to enter the consumer video market. They sold the rights to Panasonic, JVC and another company in Japan. Sony developed Beta, rather that join the VHS consortium.

On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:35:27 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" Gave us:

Go broadcast master!

Eventually, JVC became the only folks pumping out the transport platforms, regardless of who made the VHS product. Sort of like Canon being the only print engine maker there for a few years.

Things had longer tenure back then.

Now, one can't tell what might be coming out tomorrow.