Re: Aplle IIGS

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

Tilghman Lesher (lesherjt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu) wrote:
: Keith L. Lee (k.l.lee@larc.nasa.gov) wrote:

: : When we boot, we have to have a disk in the drive. Is this normal? Does
: : this mean we have no OS? If no OS, where do we get one? If there is an
: : OS, what is it and how do we use it? Thanks again.

: It means your computer is competant enough that the OS will fit on
: a 800K disk.  In fact, it's competant enough that you can fit one
: OS (P8) in a space less than 100K, and that includes the interface!
: (BASIC.SYSTEM)

What about DOS 3.3:  So compact that it is only 9K, so it is conveniently
included on almost every DOS disk, complete with hooks into system I/O so
that it can be used almost transparently from Applesoft...

8-)

Beat *THAT*, Micro$oft!

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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