Re: VDOS "initial findings"

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Sean McNamara" <sean@macassist.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> posted last week about a DOS I found on one of my old disks - VDOS, by
> Vincent Tan. I have found no references to it on the 'net, in the FAQs,
> etc.

>
 < snip >
>

> I sent Willi Kusche (on request) a disk image with VDOS on it, and his
> initial observations were:
>
> >    It seems that the sectors that make up VDOS are stored
> > in the boot area in a different order than DOS 3.3.  I've
> > managed to get some of the blocks lined up enough to compare
> > part of VDOS with DOS 3.3 and am able to see that VDOS is
> > a substantial re-write of DOS 3.3.
>
> If anyone else would like a copy to play with, let me know.

Yes, I would like to see that also. Thanks.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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Email - willy46pa@comcast.net



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