From: smirzo@example.com   
      
   Grant Taylor  writes:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   And why is /Disk/ Operating System?  What's so /disky/ about it?   
      
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