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Article #9411Re: DR-DOS - Multitasking
From: Frotz
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1991 17:52
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1991 17:52
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vcl@mimas.UUCP (Victor C. Limary) writes: ]braun@dri.com (Kral) writes: ]> In article <1991Apr16.144553.113@en.ecn.purdue.edu> stevew@en.ecn.purdue.edu ]> >Wow, MP/M for the PC! :-) ]> >So whatever happened to Concurrent DOS, anyway? It got pretty good ]> >reviews for a while, and then seemed to vanish. ]> ]> It didn't vanish. It's been doing quite well in Europe, where MSDOS is not s ]> well entrenched. ]> MDOS is CDOS with DRDOS technology thrown in. Courtesy of DR/UK. ]What exactly is MP/M? I've heard of MP/M for my Apple II, but that was a ]CP/M clone, and I seriously doubt that it's what you're all talking ]about. Or is it? If your Apple II ran CP/M, then the MP/M for your Apple is probably our Multi-Program/Monitor (I think that's what the first "M" stands for (any others remember? Kral, DaveA? My history here goes back, but not *that* far;-)) It was our first multi-tasking OS (came out just after CP/M 2.2(?)). -- Frotz
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!drivax!frotz From: frotz@dri.com (Frotz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: DR-DOS - Multitasking Keywords: DR-DOS, DRI, Multitasking OS Message-ID: <XYZ190@dri.com> Date: 21 Apr 91 17:52:10 GMT References: <AHT1X31@dri.com> <gsqm11w163w@mimas.UUCP> Sender: frotz@dri.com Reply-To: frotz@dri.com Organization: Digital Research, Monterey CA/USA or none (see also My_Desk) Lines: 24