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Miraheze>Adám Brudzewsky |
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provided the facilities to generate a GUI interface, at least in providing | provided the facilities to generate a GUI interface, at least in providing | ||
form-based input and output, but was slow. | form-based input and output, but was slow. | ||
More substantial APLs had been implemented for the IBM 5110 and for the Motorola 68000 chip, available as Wicat computers. Even Bill Gates of Microsoft contemplated writing one, and talk to Ian Sharp of [[I.P. Sharp | More substantial APLs had been implemented for the IBM 5110 and for the Motorola 68000 chip, available as Wicat computers. Even Bill Gates of Microsoft contemplated writing one, and talk to Ian Sharp of [[I.P. Sharp Associates]] about a reduced APL – how little one could get away with, but the project was cancelled before a product was released. | ||
Associates]] about a reduced APL – how little one could get away with, but the project was cancelled before a product was released. | |||
Zilog UK wanted an APL for the Z8000, since the Swedish Ministry of Defence, in a call for tenders | Zilog UK wanted an APL for the Z8000, since the Swedish Ministry of Defence, in a call for tenders | ||
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* Under an industry-standard operating system (UNIX) | * Under an industry-standard operating system (UNIX) | ||
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