Ah yes, you're talking DOS 3.3, but by the mid '80's the Apple 2's had ProDOS, which was lightyears better, and included directories, copy commands, and more. Excellent times.
I still have my Apple iiGS, and it still works pretty well. On Jun 18, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > The original Apple IIs (before the IIgs) had their own DOS but it > was something Apple wrote from scratch and not a clone of CP/M or MS > DOS. It had the usual commands to catalog the contents of a disk or > execute a program. It was, like many things on the II, very small > fast and efficient but had some gaping holes such as the lack of a > copy command or folders. You also had to type out CATALOG every time > which got old. That's why I used the ampersand trick to make it do a > catalog. poke 1014,110 and then poke 1015,165 to make & == CATALOG. > So much typing saved that those pokes still stick in my head years > later. Yet I still forget the lunch I packed on the the table at > home when heading to work. Why is that? > > CB --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
