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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Workstation Aesthetics (was: Re: Do Microsoft?s Copilot+ PCs
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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 08:38:10 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 3 Jun 2024 02:24:42 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:

> BTW, I looked for a video demonstrating an Apollo workstation desktop,
> but couldn't find anything.  Probably too old...

They were acquired by HP, I think roughly around the time X11 came on the 
scene. Before that, they were running their own not-quite-Unix OS, called 
“Domain” (or was it “Aegis”? I see both names used in contemporary docs). 
I guess after the HP acquisition they were completely absorbed into HP’s 
Unix workstation division.

So if you want distinctive Apollo desktops, you’ll need to go back to 
maybe the early/mid 1980s. Back then, SGI had its own GUI too, called 
“mex” (which, believe it or not, was short for “Maximum EXposure”).