Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:46:59 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/zip-drive article.sgml Message-ID: <20040824204659.GB83854@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20040824193308.92BAE5D04@ptavv.es.net> References: <1093374233.725.63.camel@localhost> <20040824193308.92BAE5D04@ptavv.es.net>
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On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 12:33:08PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote.. > > From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> > > 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
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