From: theguitarmanSPAM@charter.net   
      
   Thanks James for history. :-)   
   From the high school days, I only remembered TRSDOS & using the BASIC   
   language.   
   So I missed the progression of the various OS's.   
   Listening to you guys talk about this stuff helps unravel it all a little   
   easier.   
      
   Thanks!   
   -Chris   
      
   "James"  wrote in message   
   news:12av41mc0kmfk12@corp.supernews.com...   
   > DosPlus started out seeing the 80 track double sided drive as side a and   
   > side b, two drives but later evolved to the cylinder approach as with   
   > NewDos & LDOS.  MultiDos also used the 80 track double sided drive with   
   > the cylinder approach.  LDOS, DosPlus & MultiDos were a little easier than   
   > NewDos in that you did not have to be as specific in your drive   
   > description.  An argument some used for NewDos was that it had more   
   > flexibility but there was nothing that could be done with it that could   
   > not be done with the others a bit easier.  I started out with NewDos but   
   > ended up with LDOS due to the fact that I could change the number of   
   > tracks or cylinders (double sided) without having to tell the OS where   
   > everything was.  If I formated the drive to 82+ cylinders and booted with   
   > a different OS disk that had been used for 40 track drives it   
   > automatically saw the 82+ disk and ran with it.  I came into the Mdl I at   
   > the beginning of the 80t drives and went straight to them with a system of   
   > 2 40 track flippy drives & 2 80t double sided drives using a hacked   
   > version of early NewDos80 & did not move from the Mdl I,III,IV floppy &   
   > hard drive systems until about 1990 when events left me with no choice but   
   > to adopt the, ugh, MS world.  I knew about MS & supported customers on it   
   > but did not personally like it.  Today I have some MS, Linux boxes but   
   > still prefer the old Tandy boxes when time allows.  One of my old systems   
   > boots to an LDOS disk that says MCC for the splash screen instead of LDOS   
   > just for the heck of it.  When we move, soon, I will be setting up a small   
   > room with just RS boxes in it for special relaxation.   
   >   
   > James   
   >   
   > sylvan butler wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 21:49:50 -0400, Chris Young   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>> Only one problem remaining. I can't seem to format disks to 80 cyl.   
   >>> Formatting to 40cyl works great though.   
   >>   
   >> Still using trsdos 1.3?  Don't.  It won't.   
   >>   
   >> I prefered newdos 80, but LDOS (or Model 4 TRSDOS 6) should be fine as   
   >> well.  Don't know if DOSPLUS would handle the 80trk floppies, but I   
   >> suspect it would.   
   >>   
   >> sdb   
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