From: skippsayshi@yahoo.com   
      
   Don't forget there were versions of newdos called newdos 35 and newdos 40,   
   of which I have copies in my archives.   
      
   cheers,   
   skipp   
      
   : James  wrote:   
   : I believe the other was microdos or something similar.  I probably still   
   : have a copy when I manage to dig though my, similar, archive of   
   : software.  I tried each of them during their times but in the end   
   : settled on LDOS for the very versatilities that were present in VTOS but   
   : that Randy had not quite completed.  He did VTOS after a falling out   
   : with the folks at NewDos when they became NewDos80 1.0.  He tried to do   
   : it all himself and while Lobo Drives did their interface around VTOS   
   : they had to do something when he was unable to support VTOS to the level   
   : the users needed by then.  A VERY talented guy but one guy can only do   
   : so much.  Lobo got together with a group of talented folks, Roy Soltoff   
   : on the East Coast being among them, to put together LDOS which, over   
   : time, became LDOS 5.x for the Model I & III and then LDOS 6/TRSDOS 6 for   
   : the Model III/IV.  I used it for a number of business applications   
   : including apps for machine shops & video rental groups.  A totally great   
   : and very reliable system.  It was years before MS put together a system   
   : that even came close.   
      
   : James   
      
   : Bill Vermillion wrote:   
   :> In article <6DPef.113689$S4.31389@edtnps84>,   
   :> Homer J Simpson  wrote:   
   :>   
   :>>"tinplated"  wrote in message   
   :>>news:ic3mn1hfqdkpes6vrun1irgbcvf342ck5h@4ax.com...   
   :>>   
   :>>   
   :>>>Shit. I knew I'd remember it... DosPlus (or was it Dos+?) Mebbe it   
   :>>>were PlusDos. Bobdamnit how many OSen did that damn thing have?   
   :>>   
   :>>DosPlus was the cleanest and simplest of the various DOSs for the TRS-80   
   :>>Z-80 machines.   
   :>   
   :>   
   :> There was DosPlus, Newdos 80, VTOS 3, VTOS 4, LDOS - [first dubbed   
   :> Lobo Disk Operating System for the LX 80 and Max80 then Logical   
   :> Disk Operating System for the full line], and several versions of   
   :> TRS-DOS, and my mind says there is one other I can't seem to   
   :> remember.   
   :>   
   :> I looked on my shelf and I seem to bee missing the DOSPlus   
   :> versions.   
   :>   
   :> I liked the VTOS as a lot of it had what Randy had promised on   
   :> TRSDOS 2.1 ?? on that first 12 page prelminary sheet with device   
   :> independance, that came with the disks with the handwritten labels   
   :> and all mention of it disappeared with the appearance of the   
   :> production release with the printed labels.   
   :>   
   :> Bill   
   :>   
   :>   
      
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