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
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