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Re: Apple ]['s Disk operating System?



Ruel@ix.netcom.com wrote:
: As a matter of fact, I remember being told that MicroSoft actually wrote
: the operating system (DOS 3.1) for Apple.

Microsoft co-wrote Applesoft Basic, but they had nothing to do with 
(Apple) DOS.

For that matter, they didn't even write MS-DOS.  They bought QDOS (Quick 
& Dirty Operating System) from a Seattle company for chump change, 
renamed it MS-DOS, and the rest is history.
 
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