Re: Is there a 16 bit version of "ProDos" (GS/OS) and where can it be found ?

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Willie Yeo <w.yeo@qut.edu.au> wrote:

>Supertimer wrote:
>
>> Yes, it is called GS/OS.  Currently, the IIGS OS is shipped
>> as System 6.0.1.  This is really no longer ProDOS at all,
>> but a completely different OS.
>
>    There is a ProDOS 16 actually, very long time ago, it dates back to
>1986 I believe ?
>
>    You can find it in the earlier games that uses 16-bit ProDOS, much
>of which is the basis of the newer GS/OS, the architecture is similar. I
>think somewhere in my archives, there is a ProDOS 16 v1.0 |8p

Wasn't ProDOS 16 more like a ProDOS 8 core hacked to
support some IIGS features?

I thought GS/OS was more or less a complete rewrite that
was a new true 16-bit OS.