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The Mach 20 hardware tag covers discussions about Microsoft's obscure 1980s hardware add-on, the Mach 20, which was a PC expansion card designed to run a specialized version of OS/2. This hardware-tied OS/2 edition is notable for its extremely limited sales, reportedly only eleven copies with eight returned, making it one of Microsoft's worst-selling products. The tag content explores the historical context of 1980s personal computing, the technical limitations that led to such hardware-specific software, and the broader story of Microsoft's early experiments with operating systems tied to specific hardware platforms.
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    OS/2 for Mach 20: Microsoft's obscure 1980s hardware OS experiment

    In the mid‑1980s Microsoft quietly produced an obscure, hardware‑tied edition of OS/2 that, by the account of a long‑time Microsoft engineer, may have sold only eleven copies — eight of which were returned — leaving it to claim the dubious title of the company’s worst‑selling shipped product...
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