From: mutazilah@gmail.com   
      
   Sure - but why not make it available anyway? What's the barrier   
   to someone doing that? No-one is interested? Too much work?   
   It didn't need to be Microsoft personally. And it can be written   
   in C to make things easier. Or even some other language - e.g.   
   CP/M was written in PL/M I think.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
      
      
      
   "Grant Taylor"  wrote in message   
   news:v7cn7d$dcb$3@tncsrv09.home.tnetconsulting.net...   
   > On 7/18/24 10:07, Paul Edwards wrote:   
   > > For 35+ years I have wondered why there was no MSDOS for the mainframe.   
   >   
   > The answer is in the name.   
   >   
   > MS-DOS   
   >   
   > Microsoft DOS   
   >   
   > Micro   
   >   
   > micro-computers are the smallest end of the system with mainframes and   
   > supers at the other end of the system.   
   >   
   > IBM provided a Disk Operating System for early and / or smaller   
   mainframes.   
   >   
   > But Microsoft never provided DOS for mainframes.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > --   
   > Grant. . . .   
      
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