![]() ![]() The CPU naturally was the Motorola 68000 and the operating system was Unix in the form of Microsoft’s Xenix. The selling point would have been to be cheaper than the mini-computer-based competition by relying on a (at that time) new, relatively cheap, powerful microprocessor and an existing, relatively standard multi-user operating system. They were US-based and started off in 1980 on the idea of producing multi-user systems for serious business purposes like word processing, accounting, and the like. So, let’s start the tale…įunnily, despite their quite unfortunate fate, the name of the company was Fortune Systems. ![]() Little is known about that company in the Internet, there is not a single website dedicated to its memory although they produced interesting computers. They started off in time and with a good idea, but as so many forgotten companies, they delivered too late and then lost their strategic way after the original founder and visionary left. Today, I want to talk about a relatively small company that existed in the 80s. ![]()
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