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Episode 170 - Thoroughbred/OS
- Podcast
- Advent of Computing
- Published
- Nov 10, 2025
- Duration seconds
- 3600
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Summary
I'm back to normal episodes, and I'm running out the gate with a weird one. Thoroughbred/OS was a multi-user and multi-tasking operating system for the IBM PC. It's mian interface was... BASIC of all things! What exactly is this oddity? https://winworldpc.com/product/thoroughbred-os/662 - Try Out Thoroughbred/OS yourself