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 Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:38 pm Post subject: OT: Operating Systems (was: Odyssey Battery Alternative) |
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Dale,
Mac OS X is BSD UNIX and in addition to the best GUI ever developed
there still exists the UNIX command line interface for the "fine
control" you desire. Just open a "Terminal" window and enter your
desired UNIX command string. The classic UNIX "Console" is also
available to display system output.
As an old UNIX guy I find Mac OS X to be just jim-dandy.
Your mileage may vary based upon your own experience path...
Bob Borger
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On Apr 20, 2009, at 19:08, Dale Rogers wrote:
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Yup, MS DOS v1.n was a rewrite of CP/M86 (Control Program /
Microcomputer for the 8086 processor). DOS v2.n was an entirely new
kernel, with a command set largely stolen from Digital Equipment
Corp.'s VMS (currently owned by Hewlett-Packard), and a file
structure modeled after U**x.
MD DOS v2 was a good move, making the command set much less cryptic
than CP/M, and a file structure that would easily translate to the
standard of what would in 10 years become "the Internet".
Apple's OS X wasn't exactly a "new" write by apple. They built a
GUI based OS on a new kernel developed by NeXT; it was pretty much
the same U**x kernel used by freeBSD.
Steve Thomas <lists(at)stevet.net> wrote:
> I hate to tell you this, but Windows Vista still runs DOS. And so
will Windoze 7. DOS won't die until Microsoft decides to completely
rewrite the OS, like Apple did with OS X.
Personally, I think it will be a sad day if MickeySoft ever does
this. One of the main reasons I use Windoze over other OS products
is the fine control I get from the DOS command line. Apple has
nothing that is truly comparable. A cool GUI is not sufficient for
my needs.
It might be noted, too, that MS had continued to add features and
refinements to the DOS command set, even through the Win2000, Win-XP
rewrites. Dunno about Vista, still no experience with it.
Dale R.
COZY MkIV #0497
Ch. 13
(Who still has a working - but rarely used - CP/M machine, a DEC
Rainbow; it also runs MS-DOS v2.11)
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