Re: stupid newbie question, DOS, hard drives..

[Ziggy <Ziggy@faked-address.com>]

Jerry Leach wrote:

> Im using Virtual ][, and boy howdie what a blast from the past.  I was a
> real apple // wiz 25 years ago, now I can't figure out how to do
> anything.  I just figured out CAT.  But I just realized while posting
> this that I don't have any DOS disks.  I've been looking on the
> Asimov.apple ftp site, but I'm not sure where to start.  If I remember
> correctly, what I'm used to is MSDOS-5.0.  I've seen ProDOS pop up in my
> browsings but I can't remember what that is.  I've also used Novel DOS,
> can't remember what version.
> 
> I could swear the old //c I had booted right up into ms-dos.  Or is that
> the ProDOS I'm thinking of.  Dang, I used to be so good with the apple
> now I'm so confused.

That would be interesting, seeing MSDos booting on a Apple II.. ProDOS would
be a bit more compatible :)

I bet you are just getting the names confused.. There never was a version of
MSDos that worked on the II's.

( Novell dos was(is) also only for the intel based 'PC'. )