[net.micro] Anyone heard of Pick?

markj (02/25/83)

In a recent issue of the Canadian computing newspaper, an article
by one of their staff writers predicted that the OS battle for the
16-bit micros will be reduced to two: UN*X and Pick.
Pick? It is an operating system from (who else?) Pick and Associates,
and as far as the rest of the article could reveal, only runs on
the ADDS Mentor series systems (not exactly common, either).
I would have thought that the more traditional systems would make
inroads into the 16-bit arena, like MS/DOS, CP/M-86, etc.
Anyone heard of this dark horse, Pick?
 
Still a novice,
Mark Johnson
Alberta Research Council

henry (03/01/83)

By this time it is axiomatic that when you ask the authors of an operating
system for 16-bit micros "which 16-bit micro operating systems will survive
and prevail?", the answer is "Unix and mine".  Sounds like the author of
that piece either works for the Pick people or has just been given the
big razzle-dazzle demo and hasn't recovered his impartiality yet.

					Henry Spencer
					U of Toronto

guzis (03/03/83)

If you're in the business world at all, PICK is probably one of your favorite
operating systems.  Currently, the Microdata Reality series is the mini most
commonly assocated with PICK.  PICK features virtual addressing with file-
to-memory mapped I/O and at least on the Microdatas, much of this is built
into the microcode of the machine.  One darned good BASIC comes with the
system.

					- Chuck Guzis
					...fortune!guzis