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Re: DOS 1.x ?

Subject: Re: DOS 1.x ?
From: Patrick Schaefer <pa.schaefer@fz-juelich.de>
Date: 1998/04/27
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc, comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.apple2.marketplace
Organization: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
References: <6i1k23$ogt$1@news01.iafrica.com> <354486F6.7E6@deltaelectronics.com>
Reply-to: pa.schaefer@fz-juelich.de

Tom Lavedas wrote:

> > I have acquired a collector's item, an Apple IIe which is in good
> > working order (together with an original version of Visicalc!).
> > Where can I get a bootup floppy of DOS to get things going?
> 
> You are kidding, right?  DOS is an operating system for 'IBM' PC's and
> in not appropriate for any Apple machine.  Go to an Apple/Mac group for
> info on the availability of operating systems for your machine.

DOS WAS the operating system for the old Apple machines. This
abbreviation of 'Disk Operating System' has been used by Apple since
1978, long before the first IBM pc (pc was also an abbreviation used by
Apple) entered the market.

An Apple //e uses DOS 3.3 or ProDOS 1.x.

Patrick

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