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From: "Patrick Moran" <pmoran22 AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: A little history
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:01:37 -0700
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Vince" <mike DOT vince AT monode DOT co DOT uk>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: A little history


> MS/PCDOS 1 was ok on 320k floppies.  But the limit on directory entries to
> 112 and no sub directories ment you could have only 112 files on a 10 Meg
> hard drive.

MS/PCDOS v1 did not have any hard disk support at all. This came with the XT
and v2.0. The diskettes that v1.x cane on were 160k single sided floppies.
There were only 64 entries in the directory. You are thinking of v2.0.

> My first experience with CP/M (and Microsoft) was a Microsoft Z80 plug-in
> for the Apple II.  My early PCs also had Z80 plug-ins so that I could use
> my Microsoft CP/M basic complier for 8080 software development.  Digital
> Research DOS Plus allowed one to read both DOS and CP/M disks, A great
boon
> at that time.

Same here. I got the Microsoft card and had SuperCalc, Word Star, and dbase
II. I am still lokking for an Mbasic compiler converter to Quick Basic. I
have some old programs written in Mbasic that I would like to convert.

I am also looking for a program that will read APPLE ][ DOS 3.xx on an IBM
PC. Everyone says it cannot be done, but I know that it can. I could copy
APPLE ][ diskettes with my IBM PC using the Central Point Deluxe Option
Board. But I cannot just transfer the files for use in an APPLE ][ emulator.

Pat



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