Apple DOS - Revision history

Jnc: /* References */ Canonicalize, +cat

2023-05-23T00:57:03Z

‎References: Canonicalize, +cat

2018-12-15T19:46:12Z

new cat, +links

2015-12-24T13:07:37Z

Got my timeline mixed up there - fixed

2015-12-24T13:02:11Z

Expanded slightly, mostly by mentioning Laughton as the author of Apple DOS 3.1

2009-08-23T14:58:07Z

New page: Apple DOS was one of the operating systems for the Apple II computer range. {{stub}} Category:Operating Systems

New page

Apple DOS was one of the operating systems for the Apple II computer range.

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 Laughton incremented a revision counter whenever he recompiled the code during development, which had become 3.0 for the first beta, and that is why the first release of Apple DOS was version 3.1 (although Laughton's internal revision counter had continued to increment before the release happened).
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 [[Category: Apple Operating Systems]]

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-'''Apple DOS''' was the first disk operating systems for the Apple II computer range. It was written in 1978 by Paul Laughton of Shepardson Microsystems.
+Paul Laughton was originally contracted to write a [[BASIC|Basic]] [[interpreter]] before he switched to writing Apple DOS. As this was due to limited resources inside Apple (Woz was busy with the [[disk]] [[hardware]] and couldn't do the DOS at the same time, which was why Laughton was moved from writing Basic to writing Apple DOS), the question is if Apple originally planned a replacement for [[Applesoft BASIC]] which had been released the year before.
 === Trivia ===
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 *[http://www.laughton.com/Apple/contract.gif The Contract]
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 '''Apple DOS''' was the first disk operating systems for the Apple II computer range. It was written in 1978 by Paul Laughton of Shepardson Microsystems.
-Paul Laughton was originally contracted to write a [[BASIC|Basic]] interpreter before he switched to writing Apple DOS. As this was due to limited resources inside Apple (Woz was busy with the disk hardware and couldn't do the DOS at the same time, which was why Laughton was moved from writing Basic to writing Apple DOS), one must wonder if that is why Apple eventually got their second Basic interpreter from [[Microsoft]] in the form of [[Applesoft BASIC]].
+Paul Laughton was originally contracted to write a [[BASIC|Basic]] interpreter before he switched to writing Apple DOS. As this was due to limited resources inside Apple (Woz was busy with the disk hardware and couldn't do the DOS at the same time, which was why Laughton was moved from writing Basic to writing Apple DOS), the question is if Apple originally planned a replacement for [[Applesoft BASIC]] which had been released the year before.
 === Trivia ===