Re: Apple model history?

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Paul Guertin <pg@sff.net> wrote:

>CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney) wrote:
>> The Apple III had little to no effect on the life of the Apple II.
>
>From what I understand, ProDOS is a rewrite of the Apple III operating
>system SOS. Without the III (and therefore without ProDOS), the
>transition from floppies- to HD-based Apple II systems would have been
>more chaotic.

ProDOS=SOS-lite

SOS was actually a more sophisticated OS than ProDOS
(or MS-DOS at the time).  It supported drivers, for example.
It had SOME of the features of GS/OS.  For its time, it
deserved its name.