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excerpt: "Ernie may not be so far from the truth about Q-DOS taking over. IQLR reports іп a BBS download that two Russians are proposing a 680410 based platform to run a number of operating systems, the first of which is to be Q-DOS."
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# Black Box Notes

Ernie may not be so far from the truth about Q-DOS taking over. IQLR reports іп a BBS download that two Russians are proposing a 680410 based platform to run a number of operating systems, the first of which is to be Q-DOS.