Re: DOS 1 & 2

[Kallikak <ken.wessen@gmail.com>]

DOS 1 and 2 were not used for beta testing according to Paul Laughton
(the contractor who wrote them).  Look here for details
http://www.laughton.com/Apple/Apple.html.

On Apr 23, 7:47 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> Bryan Parkoff wrote:
> >     Steve Woz and his contractor developed DOS 1 and DOS 2 for Apple II.
> > DOS 1 and DOS 2 were used for beta testing, but they were never released to
> > the public until DOS 3.1 became available.  Correct?  Do you have idea what
> > DOS 1 and DOS 2 look like unfinished RWTS routines?
>
> AFAIK, DOS 3.1 was the first publicly available version.
>
> Since Woz wrote RWTS in the process of developing the Disk ][ drive and
> controller, it's safe to say that RWTS preceded any DOS version.
>
> The very first RWTS may have been 4+4 coding, but Woz quickly progressed
> to 5+3, then later to 6+2.  The final iteration was the ProDOS-style
> RWTS that decodes nibbles to data on the fly.
>
> -michael
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