Re: Apple ]['s Disk operating System?

[percim@odyssee.net (Mark Percival)]

On Sun, 23 Feb 1997 19:26:57 -0400, Ruel@ix.netcom.com wrote:

>Mark Percival wrote:
>> 
>> So the answer to the question is;
>> No, Apple (or Wozniak) did not write AppleDOS v3.3.  The project was
>> subcontracted out.
>
>As a matter of fact, I remember being told that MicroSoft actually wrote
>the operating system (DOS 3.1) for Apple.

To the best of my knowledge, MicroSoft wrote the original Basic that
was to become AppleSoft Basic (hence the name) but not AppleDOS
version 3.1.

They may have had a hand in versions 3.2 and 3.3 however...

Mark R. Percival
Montreal, Quebec
percim@odyssee.net

An Apple II fanatic since 1979.