Let's throw in a new topic to get more relaxed.
Domesdos was the working title of the operation system for the Sinclair ZX83
which eventually became QDOS for the Sinclair QL.
In a CONFIDENTIONAL (at that time) document dated 26 October 1983 (hey,
that's today 30 years ago), Tony Tebby wrote: "The changes from Version 0.05
are mostly in the internal organisation. These reflect the change in
emphasis from a small machine to a 128Kbyte minimum configuration, a high
probability that a 512Kbyte expansion will be available at launch, a hard
disk will be available soon after, and the machine is a flagship of a new
line."
Decades later, back in 2009, TT wrote in a series of articles called "25
years" in the QL Today magazine: "ln a fit of hubris over this "design for
reliability" approach, the new operating system was called Domesdos {a home
{domestic) DOS, even though it was designed for business use and it was a
ROM operating system and not a disk operating system) after the slogan for a
brand of bleach "Domestos" which "kills 99% of all known germs (bugs)."
Even 30 years later no single operating system has proved to be bug free.
Time to dig out Domes*os... ;-)
Access the PDF of the 1983 Domesdos documentation:
http://tinyurl.com/prsaafh
Enjoy the weekend, Urs
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