Re: stupid newbie question, DOS, hard drives..

[The Wizard of Oz <wizard@emeraldcity.gov>]

On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 16:44:22 +0000, Ziggy wrote:

> Jerry Leach wrote:
> 
>> Im using Virtual ][, and boy howdie what a blast from the past.  I was a
>> real apple // wiz 25 years ago, now I can't figure out how to do
>> anything.  I just figured out CAT.  But I just realized while posting
>> this that I don't have any DOS disks.  I've been looking on the
>> Asimov.apple ftp site, but I'm not sure where to start.  If I remember
>> correctly, what I'm used to is MSDOS-5.0.  I've seen ProDOS pop up in my
>> browsings but I can't remember what that is.  I've also used Novel DOS,
>> can't remember what version.
>> 
>> I could swear the old //c I had booted right up into ms-dos.  Or is that
>> the ProDOS I'm thinking of.  Dang, I used to be so good with the apple
>> now I'm so confused.
> 
> That would be interesting, seeing MSDos booting on a Apple II.. ProDOS would
> be a bit more compatible :)
> 
> I bet you are just getting the names confused.. There never was a version of
> MSDos that worked on the II's.
> 
> ( Novell dos was(is) also only for the intel based 'PC'. )

	What if the computer he used had a PC Transporter? Then again that card
wasn't around 25 years ago...

				Later
				Mike