若要談論 DOS 中文化沿革,發源地其實必須從台灣說起:
在早期 PC-XT/AT 8086/80286 電腦時代,作業系統為 IBM_or_MS-DOS 3.x ,在台灣就已開始DOS中文化發展,那時宏碁有出品【龍碟中文】但相容性欠佳問題造成使用人口並不多,隨後【倚天中文】發明並採用軟體拷貝開放政策,最後演變在各大專院校開始流行【倚天中文】。至於軟體典故據說當時傳聞會取名【倚天】是取自金庸小說【倚天屠龍記】,這是要和宏碁的【龍碟中文】互別苗頭。當然其後又有【零壹中文】、【國喬中文】和【震漢中文】發展,不過軟體拷貝採取限制政策,人口使用上仍無法取代【倚天中文】的地位。
以下是倚天中文產品:資料來源【倚天中文使用手冊1990.12第十七版】
(【倚天中文使用手冊1986.08 初版】)
1.倚天繁體中文系統產品種類
迅雷3016(C16-30) ----------------------1987.10
光電二號 (C16H ) ----------------------1988.05 NT$ 4,900
閃電四號 (C16DH) ----------------------1988.05 NT$ 5,900
霹靂四號 (C24DH) ----------------------1988.05 NT$13,900
迅雷5016(C16-MC)----------------------1988.06
彩虹一號 (C16EV) ----------------------1988.08 NT$11,900
彩虹三號 (C24SV) ----------------------1989.04 NT$16,900
霹靂七號 (C24HCG)---------------------1989.06 NT$29,900
飛碟四號 (ET16V) ----------------------1990.06 NT$ 1,480
彩虹七號 (C24SV7)----------------------1991.01 NT$29,900
光電五號 (C16H5) ----------------------1991.01
閃電五號 (C16DH5)---------------------1991.01
2.倚天簡繁中文系統產品種類
霹靂四號 (C24DH-S)--------------------1991.01 NT$22,900
彩虹三號 (C24SV-S)--------------------1991.01 NT$25,900
當時對一般使用者而言,平常只分【碟版系列】和【卡版系列】,另外【碟版系列】安裝時還必須顧慮該軟體是否可支援【黑白】或【彩色】顯示器,隨著版本的不同自然有不同的設定方式,而【卡版系列】價位除了16顯示字型以外其它產品均高達萬元以上,以當時消費水平可是相當昂貴的。
還有一點是讓一般人很難相信的,倚天中文其實有出產簡繁中文系統,也就是螢幕顯示簡體字型,指令為 ETCTL/C:Fm,至於切換內定顯示繁體字型,指令為 ETCTL/C:FM 。只因是卡版無法大眾化並且事隔十六年,現今卡版倚天中文幾乎早已不存在,即使有也無法移植到現今的主機版!
以下是我過去蒐集的DOS應用軟體,足以證明當時中文化DOS的發展相當火熱:
1.可寫讀NTFS/EXT3倚天開機光碟{PC-DOS 7.0}
三個分割檔:
#1->
http://space.uwants.com/batch.download.php?aid=477403
#2->
http://space.uwants.com/batch.download.php?aid=477416
#3->
http://space.uwants.com/batch.download.php?aid=477451
2.可寫讀NTFS/EXT3倚天開機光碟{MS-DOS 5.0}
三個分割檔:
#1->
http://space.uwants.com/batch.download.php?aid=477288
#2->
http://space.uwants.com/batch.download.php?aid=477351
#3->
http://space.uwants.com/batch.download.php?aid=477352
Last edited by yawnp0426 on 2007-8-22 at 10:16 PM ]
If we want to talk about the evolution of Chinese localization in DOS, the birthplace actually has to start from Taiwan:
In the early era of PC-XT/AT 8086/80286 computers, the operating system was IBM_or_MS-DOS 3.x, and Chinese localization of DOS had already started in Taiwan. At that time, Acer produced , but due to compatibility problems, the number of users was not large. Then was invented and adopted an open policy of software copying, and finally it became popular in various colleges and universities. As for the software allusion, it is said that the name was taken from the Jin Yong novel , which was to compete with Acer's . Of course, later there were developments of , , and , but since the software copying adopted a restrictive policy, in terms of user population, it still could not replace the position of .
The following are EasyTech Chinese products: Source
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1. Types of EasyTech Traditional Chinese systems
Thunder 3016 (C16-30) ----------------------October 1987
Optoelectronic No. 2 (C16H ) ----------------------May 1988 NT$ 4,900
Lightning No. 4 (C16DH) ----------------------May 1988 NT$ 5,900
Thunderclap No. 4 (C24DH) ----------------------May 1988 NT$13,900
Thunder 5016 (C16-MC)----------------------June 1988
Rainbow No. 1 (C16EV) ----------------------August 1988 NT$11,900
Rainbow No. 3 (C24SV) ----------------------April 1989 NT$16,900
Thunderclap No. 7 (C24HCG)---------------------June 1989 NT$29,900
Flying Disc No. 4 (ET16V) ----------------------June 1990 NT$ 1,480
Rainbow No. 7 (C24SV7)----------------------January 1991 NT$29,900
Optoelectronic No. 5 (C16H5) ----------------------January 1991
Lightning No. 5 (C16DH5)---------------------January 1991
2. Types of EasyTech Simplified-Traditional Chinese systems
Thunderclap No. 4 (C24DH-S)--------------------January 1991 NT$22,900
Rainbow No. 3 (C24SV-S)--------------------January 1991 NT$25,900
For ordinary users at that time, usually they only divided into and . In addition, when installing the , it was also necessary to consider whether the software was compatible with or monitors. With different versions, there were naturally different settings. And the price of the was as high as tens of thousands of yuan except for the 16-display font, which was quite expensive at the consumption level at that time.
There is also one point that is hard for ordinary people to believe. EasyTech Chinese actually produced a simplified-traditional Chinese system, that is, displaying simplified Chinese characters on the screen, with the command being ETCTL/C:Fm, and to switch to the default display of traditional Chinese characters, the command was ETCTL/C:FM. Just because it was a card version, it could not be popularized, and after sixteen years, almost all card version EasyTech Chinese no longer existed, and even if there were any, they could not be ported to today's motherboards!
The following are the DOS application software I collected in the past, which is enough to prove that the development of localized Chinese DOS was quite prosperous at that time:
1. EasyTech bootable CD that can read and write NTFS/EXT3 {PC-DOS 7.0}
Three split files:
#1->
http://space.uwants.com/batch.download.php?aid=477403
#2->
http://space.uwants.com/batch.download.php?aid=477416
#3->
http://space.uwants.com/batch.download.php?aid=477451
2. EasyTech bootable CD that can read and write NTFS/EXT3 {MS-DOS 5.0}
Three split files:
#1->
http://space.uwants.com/batch.download.php?aid=477288
#2->
http://space.uwants.com/batch.download.php?aid=477351
#3->
http://space.uwants.com/batch.download.php?aid=477352
Last edited by yawnp0426 on 2007-8-22 at 10:16 PM ]