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Re: Licensing, distributing Apple II system software, and IIcomputing

Eric Shepherd <sheppy@sheppyware.net> wrote:

> in article 1ei24gs.9kstpq1fv4yjcN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz, David Empson at
> dempson@actrix.gen.nz wrote on 10/5/00 5:57 AM:
> 
> > My understanding was that DOS 3.3 was written entirely within Apple, and
> > it isn't based on anyone else's disk operating system.
> 
> True, except that DOS 3.3 System Master disks ship with an Applesoft BASIC
> loader for use on original Apple ][ systems.  That code is owned in part by
> Microsoft. :)

Ah - of course.  (25 watt lightbulb starts to glow above head.  I need
more sleep.)

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David Empson
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