I miss the manuals (also for mainframes) very much. I'm a reader, and would devour those manuals on the bus/train to and from work. Or while eating my sandwiches at lunchtime.John Gray wrote:Just looking up on my study shelf I can see the 3½" thick package containing PC DOS 6.3.
You mean there was something BEFORE Windows?
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I used to work on an operating system called VMS (later renamed to OpenVMS) in the 1980's, and I'd get all the source code listings on microfiche whenever there was a new release. I really enjoyed reading those, and they were invaluable when I was trying to fix a problem.ChrisGreaves wrote:...
I miss the manuals (also for mainframes) very much. I'm a reader, and would devour those manuals on the bus/train to and from work. Or while eating my sandwiches at lunchtime.
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All this talk about MS/DOS brings to mind UNIX. Doesn't it predate MS/DOS? In fact, wasn't the genesis of DOS in UNIX?
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According to the Wikipedia article for Unix, Unix is from 1972 (although precursors were developed in the 1960s), so it certainly predates MS-DOS.
However, MS-DOS started as a clone of Digital Research's operating system CP/M. Both CP/M and MS-DOS were specifically designed for Intel processors, while Unix runs on almost any hardware.
However, MS-DOS started as a clone of Digital Research's operating system CP/M. Both CP/M and MS-DOS were specifically designed for Intel processors, while Unix runs on almost any hardware.
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I learned a bit about CP/M 2.2 for file handling on my disk-based Amstrad CPCs. When I was sent on a DOS course for work, I was amazed that they were so similar.
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Windows 23 will be unrecognisable from Windows today, it will be all cloud or Vaporware, with a Vapour Operating System causing those of us who still care about computing to demand "Vos is Dos?"Rudi wrote:... it would be called DOS in a Window, because ...
Somewhat-sincere apologies to our Germanic friends ...
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Chris said:
those of us who still care about computing to demand "Vos is Dos?
You DO occassionaly come out with a good one!
those of us who still care about computing to demand "Vos is Dos?
You DO occassionaly come out with a good one!
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I agree, this deserves the Quote of the Week seal!!ChrisGreaves wrote:Windows 23 will be unrecognisable from Windows today, it will be all cloud or Vaporware, with a Vapour Operating System causing those of us who still care about computing to demand "Vos is Dos?"
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If not the Seal of the Week. Clapping.Rudi wrote:I agree, this deserves the Quote of the Week seal!! :clapping:
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That gets the seal of approval:
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Chris will be ecstatic!
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Glad you liked it, Bob.viking33 wrote:Chris said:
I was thinking of you!
P.S. occasionally?!!??? :grrrrr:
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Actually, no.Rudi wrote:Chris will be ecstatic!
Happiness in the knowledge that I'm brilliant and my sense of modesty are but two of my many redeeming attributes.
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So, as Hans put it earlier... Your lips are sealed!
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Absolutely.Rudi wrote:So, as Hans put it earlier... Your lips are sealed!
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From page 332 of Charles Petzold’s “CODE” Microsoft Press ISBN 0-7356-0505-XClaude wrote:To be honest, I preferred CP/M to MSDOS.
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From page 376 of Charles Petzold’s “CODE” Microsoft Press ISBN 0-7356-0505-Xviking33 wrote:For you youngsters out there who didn't know ...
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The MAC!Leif wrote:And according to the otherwise referenced Frequently Asked Questions: Windows 10 - Microsoft Community, "Company officials decided to choose 10 because they believe this release is a 'Perfect 10' and to also signify this is the last major release of Windows."viking33 wrote:For you youngsters out there who didn't know there was an OS before Windows....
So, what is going to come after Windows?
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Hi Skitterbug,Skitterbug wrote:The MAC!Leif wrote:And according to the otherwise referenced Frequently Asked Questions: Windows 10 - Microsoft Community, "Company officials decided to choose 10 because they believe this release is a 'Perfect 10' and to also signify this is the last major release of Windows."viking33 wrote:For you youngsters out there who didn't know there was an OS before Windows....
So, what is going to come after Windows?
Since Bowlie seems to have dropped out of sight,(?) you have to pick up the slack and be the MAC resident expert. Though I don't recall many questions about those watchamacallits?
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MAC resident expert...MAC & Cheeseviking33 wrote:[
Hi Skitterbug,
Since Bowlie seems to have dropped out of sight,(?) you have to pick up the slack and be the MAC resident expert. Though I don't recall many questions about those watchamacallits?
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