Re: Operating Systems Question for Apple II's

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

pdueck@pli.mb.ca (pdueck@pli.mb.ca) wrote:
: What are the most recent operating system versions for all the Apple II
: machines?

: Is Apple DOS at version 3.3?

Sort of.  Apple DOS 3.3 has been patched several times and there have been
a couple of maintenance releases.  I think the latest version was released
at the same time as the ][e...the biggest change is that during the boot
process it shuts off the 80-column firmware in a ][e.  But I don't think
there has been a reassembly since the initial Version 3.3 release, so all
of the variations are considered DOS 3.3.  Furthermore, there are patched
DOS products out there (Pronto-DOS comes to mind) which for all intents
and purposes are still DOS 3.3, though they are not the same as the DOS
3.3 that you will find on a System Master.

: How about ProDOS 8?
: How about ProDOS 16 (is there even such)?
  There is, but it has been replaced with GS/OS.
: How about GS/OS?
  Latest version is 6.0.1 and is available (among other places) from
ftp.apple.com and support.apple.com.

: Where can one still get Apple DOS 3.3 (or whatever the latest version is)?

Well...the easiest way is to find a recent disk formatted under 3.3, since
there is a copy on every bootable 3.3 disk.  I think DOS 3.3 is officially
"orphanware" now...

]Dave Althoff, ][.
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