Re: Computing Editorial (please read)

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <Tq1X9.3211$PR2.1556@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>,
Sam Gillett <samgillett@msn.com> wrote:
 
> Anders Carlsson wrote ...
> 
>>"wildstar128" <wildstar128@hotmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> From what I understood - MS-DOS is based on CP/M.
>>
>>I dunno about QDOS being "based on", maybe "inspired by" CP/M?
> 
> Is that sort of like Windows is "inspired by" the Mac desktop?
 
QDOS/MS-DOS is much more intimitely connected to CP/M than
Windows is to MAC-OS.
 
The lowered number MS-DOS calls for instance almost mimic the
corresponding CP/M calls.  And the layout of the FCB in MS-DOS is
very similar to the layout of the FCB in CP/M.
 
I DON'T think the system calls in Windows bear much resemblance
to the system calls in MAC-OS ......
 
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