From owner-cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 24 19:48:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5013016A4CF; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:48:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from b.mail.sonic.net (b.mail.sonic.net [64.142.19.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25E7643D3F; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:48:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bmah@freebsd.org) Received: from [192.168.0.85] (dns.packetdesign.com [65.192.41.10]) (authenticated bits=0) by b.mail.sonic.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7OJmuw8029898 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:48:57 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" To: Kevin Oberman In-Reply-To: <20040824193308.92BAE5D04@ptavv.es.net> References: <20040824193308.92BAE5D04@ptavv.es.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-xWHJiem7lQ4Ukk5pVvKW" Message-Id: <1093376861.725.76.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:47:41 -0700 cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org cc: doc-committers@freebsd.org cc: Giorgos Keramidas cc: "Simon L. Nielsen" cc: cvs-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/zip-drive article.sgml X-BeenThere: cvs-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the doc and www trees List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:48:58 -0000 --=-xWHJiem7lQ4Ukk5pVvKW Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 12:33, Kevin Oberman wrote: > DOS simply is a disk based OS. (As opposed to earlier paper tape and > magnetic tape based systems. Right...I was just trying to make the point (perhaps poorly) that "DOS" doesn't necessarily refer to anything MS-DOS related. > Of course, most of the folks who read this > have probably never seen a paper tape reader and could not conceive of > an OS that actually ran on it.) Seen 'em, touched 'em, but never used 'em. I have, however, spent a little time on IBM Model 029 card punches. Leftover cards (er, well, I guess they're almost *all* leftover nowadays) make great bookmarks. :-) Bruce. --=-xWHJiem7lQ4Ukk5pVvKW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBK5td2MoxcVugUsMRAuPDAJ9UfjAA9EWtPn9Eft/FLG4rNSq7DQCgxgtm BIjjj+K8RiVMFaWI1ZJ6zkg= =atyq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-xWHJiem7lQ4Ukk5pVvKW--