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computer>
Personal computers made by
Wang Laboratories.
Wang's PCs had an
operating system (based on
MS-DOS) which
was not compatible with the
IBM PC. The
Wang floppy disk
format was compatible with the IBM
PC. However, running an
IBM "exe" program would generally crash a
Wang PC unless a
special Industry-Standard emulator program was running on the
Wang. This program required the addition of a special card to
the
Wang PC. It enabled the
Wang PC to run most, but not all,
software written for the IBM
PC. Most
Wang software made use
of two special keys: CANCEL and EXECUTE. These keys were used
to carry out commands, make menu selections, and so on. The
Wang OS was menu-driven.
(2008-05-28)