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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to yeti   
   Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the micro   
   12 Aug 24 23:09:42   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 12 Aug 2024 11:51:32 +0042, yeti wrote:   
      
   > Shouldn't that once and forever explain how to read the "D" of "DOS"?   
      
   There have been umpteen different OSes called “DOS” or variations thereon,   
   over the last sixty, maybe getting on to seventy years. The name “DOS” is   
   as old as hard drives. In fact, it was intended to distinguish OSes that   
   had adopted hard drives.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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