Re: Y2K ProDOS 8 (2.0.3)

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <bepn63023gu@enews2.newsguy.com>,
Charlie <charlied@NOSPAMbboard.com> wrote:
 
> At the time that ProDOS was written most software on the Apple II ran
> under DOS 3.3 which has no support for date and time stamping.  It is
> possible that programs that ran under other systems (Apple III SOS,
> CP/M, Pascal, etc.) may have had a similarly bit challenged date
> system (I don't know enough about those systems to argue the point)
> but from what I've seen of Apple (the company) over the years,
> compatibility isn't high on their list of priorities.
 
CP/M 2.2 had no suport for neither system date/time nor file date/time;
such support was added in CP/M 3 (aka "CP/M Plus").  Most Apple II CP/M
systems ran CP/M 2.2, but a few ran CP/M 3.
 
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