Apple DOS - Revision history

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2023-05-23T00:57:03Z

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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).		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).

	~~=== References ===~~		{{stub}}
	*http://www.laughton.com/Apple/Apple.html
	*[http://www.laughton.com/Apple/contract.gif The Contract]

	~~{{stub}}~~		==External links==

			* [http://www.laughton.com/Apple/Apple.html Apple Computer The Early Days A Personal Perspective]
			* [http://www.laughton.com/Apple/contract.gif The Contract]

	[[Category: Apple Operating Systems]]		[[Category: Apple Operating Systems]]
			[[Category: DOS]]

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2018-12-15T19:46:12Z

new cat, +links

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			'''Apple DOS''' was the first [[disk operating system]] for the [[Apple II]] computer range. It was written in 1978 by Paul Laughton of Shepardson Microsystems.

	~~'''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.

	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.

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	*[http://www.laughton.com/Apple/contract.gif The Contract]		*[http://www.laughton.com/Apple/contract.gif The Contract]

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	~~{{stub}}~~		[[Category: Apple Operating Systems]]
	[[Category:Operating Systems]]

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2015-12-24T13:07:37Z

Got my timeline mixed up there - fixed

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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.		'''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 ===		=== Trivia ===

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

2015-12-24T13:02:11Z

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

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

			=== Trivia ===
			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).

			=== References ===
			*http://www.laughton.com/Apple/Apple.html
			*[http://www.laughton.com/Apple/contract.gif The Contract]


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2009-08-23T14:58:07Z

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

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