StarLink from 1984
Summary
StarLink from 1984 describes DRI's hardware/software approach that turned the IBM PC into a multiuser system, detailing the board, 8088 CPU, 64KB RAM, and four RS-232 ports, plus Concurrent DOS. It explains why the hardware and software combination required extra hardware and how MP/M lineage influenced its design. The piece concludes that StarLink was not commercially successful and was abandoned in 1985, with the name later reused for other products.