<s>
The	O
Wang	B-Language
2200	I-Language
was	O
an	O
all-in-one	O
minicomputer	B-Architecture
released	O
by	O
Wang	O
Laboratories	O
in	O
May	O
1973	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
some	O
other	O
desktop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
HP	B-Device
9830	I-Device
,	O
it	O
had	O
a	O
cathode-ray	B-Device
tube	I-Device
(	O
CRT	O
)	O
in	O
a	O
cabinet	O
that	O
also	O
included	O
an	O
integrated	O
computer-controlled	O
cassette	B-Device
tape	I-Device
storage	O
unit	O
and	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
microcoded	B-Device
to	O
run	O
BASIC	O
on	O
startup	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
similar	O
to	O
home	O
computers	O
of	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2200	O
from	O
a	O
singular	O
desktop	B-Device
computer	I-Device
into	O
larger	O
systems	O
able	O
to	O
support	O
up	O
to	O
16	O
workstations	O
which	O
utilized	O
commercial	O
disk	O
technologies	O
that	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1970s	O
and	O
early	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provided	O
paging	B-Application
(	O
beeper	O
)	O
services	O
for	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
market	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
differed	O
in	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
microcode	B-Device
,	O
with	O
the	O
B	O
model	O
holding	O
additional	O
commands	O
in	O
Wang	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
T	O
version	O
added	O
a	O
complete	O
set	O
of	O
matrix	O
math	O
commands	O
like	O
those	O
seen	O
in	O
later	O
versions	O
of	O
Dartmouth	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
as	O
well	O
as	O
new	O
input/output	B-General_Concept
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
E	O
and	O
F	O
models	O
had	O
features	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
the	O
S	O
and	O
T	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
yet	O
another	O
re-implementation	O
of	O
the	O
CPU	O
and	O
this	O
time	O
housed	O
the	O
system	O
in	O
a	O
case	O
from	O
a	O
terminal	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
change	O
was	O
the	O
input/output	B-General_Concept
subsystem	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
I/O	B-General_Concept
cards	O
for	O
the	O
E/F	O
incompatible	O
with	O
the	O
earlier	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
not	O
simply	O
a	O
re-implementation	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
underlying	O
CPU	O
using	O
new	O
components	O
,	O
the	O
CPU	O
ran	O
an	O
entirely	O
different	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
invisible	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
,	O
because	O
the	O
line	O
had	O
always	O
coded	O
its	O
BASIC	O
in	O
microcode	B-Device
,	O
not	O
the	O
machine	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
and	O
the	O
user	O
only	O
had	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
microcode	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
meant	O
user	O
programs	O
including	O
"	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
"	O
continued	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
new	O
CPUs	O
in	O
spite	O
of	O
them	O
having	O
completely	O
different	O
instructions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
models	O
of	O
the	O
2200	O
series	O
were	O
introduced	O
in	O
July	O
1989	O
as	O
the	O
2200	O
CS/386	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
used	O
a	O
16MHz	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
80386	I-General_Concept
as	O
the	O
CPU	O
and	O
implemented	O
the	O
2200	O
microcode	B-Device
on	O
top	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BASIC	O
was	O
implemented	O
in	O
256KB	O
of	O
static	B-Architecture
RAM	I-Architecture
loaded	O
from	O
disk	O
,	O
and	O
used	O
an	O
incremental	B-Application
compiler	I-Application
rather	O
than	O
an	O
interpreter	O
as	O
in	O
previous	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
1991	O
,	O
the	O
CS/386	O
Turbo	O
replaced	O
it	O
,	O
running	O
at	O
32MHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1970s	O
,	O
Wang	B-Language
2200	I-Language
computers	O
were	O
extensively	O
used	O
by	O
Gosplan	O
and	O
Goskomstat	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
Soviet	O
planning	O
and	O
statistical	O
agencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
helped	O
by	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
Iskra	O
,	O
while	O
100%	O
software	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Wang	O
's	O
T-Basic	O
code	O
,	O
had	O
a	O
completely	O
different	O
internal	O
structure	O
and	O
included	O
many	O
features	O
that	O
made	O
it	O
an	O
excellent	O
industrial	O
controller	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
twin	O
high-speed	O
RS-232	O
interfaces	O
,	O
IEEE-488	O
equipment	O
control	O
interface	O
,	O
and	O
CAMAC	B-Architecture
crate	I-Architecture
control	O
circuitry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
a	O
somewhat	O
simplified	O
Unix	B-Application
port	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
this	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wang	B-Language
2200	I-Language
Basic-2	O
code	O
can	O
run	O
on	O
PCs	O
and	O
Unix	B-Application
systems	I-Application
using	O
compilers	O
and	O
runtime	O
libraries	O
sold	O
by	O
Niakwa	O
or	O
Kerridge	O
.	O
</s>
