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They made their own operating system, [[FOONEX]], for their machines.  It was based on [[TENEX]].
 
They made their own operating system, [[FOONEX]], for their machines.  It was based on [[TENEX]].
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[[Image:F1.JPG|300px|rightt|thumb|The Foonly F-1]]
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== Models ==
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The F-1 was an ECL adaptation of the original [[Superfoonly]] design.  It was built at [[III]] for use in a optical character recognition system.  It was bought by Omnibus for generating computer graphics.
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[[Image:F2.jpg|300px|rightt|thumb|The Foonly F2]]
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The F-2 was a small machine.  Among other places, it was used at CCMRA (running WAITS) and Symbolics.
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The F-3 and F-4 were popular with Tymshare, which built their own versions.  Tymeshare's System 26KL was an update of the F-4 design with KL10 capabilities, intended to run Doug Englebart's Augment.
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The F-5 was another small machine.
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== External links ==
  
[[Image:F1.JPG|300px|rightt|thumb|The Foonly F-1]]
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* [http://dave.zfxinc.net/f1.html Dave Sieg about the F-1]
[[Image:F2.jpg|300px|left|thumb|The Foonly F2]]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 06:24, 25 June 2019

Company making PDP-10 clones.

They made their own operating system, FOONEX, for their machines. It was based on TENEX.

The Foonly F-1

Models

The F-1 was an ECL adaptation of the original Superfoonly design. It was built at III for use in a optical character recognition system. It was bought by Omnibus for generating computer graphics.

The Foonly F2

The F-2 was a small machine. Among other places, it was used at CCMRA (running WAITS) and Symbolics.

The F-3 and F-4 were popular with Tymshare, which built their own versions. Tymeshare's System 26KL was an update of the F-4 design with KL10 capabilities, intended to run Doug Englebart's Augment.

The F-5 was another small machine.

External links