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   Message 263,461 of 264,096   
   bill to David Goodwin   
   Re: VMS previous DEC/CPQ/HP[E] decisions   
   01 Oct 25 14:17:22   
   
   From: bill.gunshannon@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/1/2025 12:52 AM, David Goodwin wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > In the 90s Windows NT was only released for IBM PC compatibles, and   
   > platforms which conformed (to varying degrees) to the ARC standard.   
   > Later from the 2000 after ARC ceased to be relevant, EFI was adopted as   
   > a new standard.   
   >   
      
   I seem to remember NT coming with a list of supported hardware   
   and if you had otherwise MS did not guarantee it would run at   
   all, much less perform acceptably.   
      
   bill   
      
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