Re: Strange (to me) Apple Look alike?

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>]

"Curlyfry" <commodore@vic20mail.zzn.com> wrote in message
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> Hello All,
>     I came across a computer this weekend called an "OS-22" It looks like
a
> apple clone. Im not really familiar with vintage apple computers but i
> remember seeing one before with the slide off cover on the top that
exposes
> the card slots and motherboard and this one is the same.The manufacturer
is
> "tiger". When i boot it up it all it has is a black screen with "OS-22" at
> the top and if there is no disk in the drive it goes to a half square
> bracket (im not sure what this type of bracket is called) and a prompt. If
a
> disk is in the drive it automatically loads the directory of the disk. Is
> this computer common? Does anyone have any info about it or can tell me a
> few commands to find out if it is apple compatible? I have no idea what
> commands are used in apple dos.How can i load a program off the disk? I
did
> a search for it but i couldnt find any info's.  On the back of it it has a
> video out port and 2 cassette stereo jacks labelled in and out.It has 2
> slimline 5.25 " external floppy drives labeled "overdrive I" on both of
them
> and an rca jack and rca plug comming out of one of the cards that is
plugged
> into the inside of it. It also has a fan inside a plastic housing, with a
> couple of extra plugins, attached to the left side of it. any info would
be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Leo
>
> --
> As soon as you're through changing, you're through. - Jack Tramiel
>

Sounds like it might be an Apple II clone of some kind. The
square bracket prompt would be a correct Apple prompt.
The catalog being displayed could be a DOS 3.3 Hello program
that launches when you load a floppy.

To get a disk directory you would type CATALOG.

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