From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 24 20:47:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71F5216A4CF; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:47:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E25A143D4C; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:47:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7OKkxgt000688; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:46:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7OKkxt6083930; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:46:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i7OKkxtJ083929; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:46:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:46:59 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Kevin Oberman Message-ID: <20040824204659.GB83854@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <1093374233.725.63.camel@localhost> <20040824193308.92BAE5D04@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040824193308.92BAE5D04@ptavv.es.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner cc: "Bruce A. Mah" cc: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG cc: "Simon L. Nielsen" cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG cc: Giorgos Keramidas cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/zip-drive article.sgml X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:47:06 -0000 On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 12:33:08PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote.. > > From: "Bruce A. Mah" > > Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:03:54 -0700 > > Sender: owner-cvs-all@freebsd.org > > > > > > --=-/X/f2KeLUF0cVqZhgu7r > > Content-Type: text/plain > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 11:41, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > > > > > As I see it, DOS means all variants (including MS-DOS, DR-DOS, IBM-DOS > > > and so on) where MS-DOS refers specifically to MS-DOS. In the context > > > of FreeBSD documentation I think in most cases when referring to > > > MS-DOS, it would apply to other DOS variants as well. > > > > Although this is almost totally irrelevent in this context, DOS can > > refer to operating systems other than MS-DOS workalikes...the first > > example that comes to my mind is the Disk Operating System that ran on > > Apple IIs long before Microsoft cared about PCs. [1] > > > > Bruce. > > > > [1] It's not *totally* irrelevant in that if someone were to write some > > Handbook text about running Apple II emulators such as kegs under > > FreeBSD, they'd probably be talking about DOS in a non-PC context. [2] > > > > [2] I'm feeling silly...must be time for lunch. > > Almost all computers "of a certain age" have had an operating system > called DOS. In the early '70s I ran DOS on our PDP-11/40. Too new.. PDP8/s with a PPT reader. Fun. But at least memory was memory in those days, it did not forget things once power failed [1]. W/ [1]: assuming core memory of course. Really neat that you could, if need be, literally point to the offending bit :)) At least 'core dumps' had their true meaning. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org