On 2013-04-27, josephkk <joseph_barrett@sbcglobal.net> wrote:> On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:59:05 -0700, John Larkin ><jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >> >>DECs RT11 OS was cloned to become CPM and Microsoft DOS, and lives on in the >>Windows command line. > > Absolute idiotic poppycock. Neither CPM nor Portland Software's 8086 DOS > had anything but some incidental common commands to RT11. They were > utterly different creatures written from scratch.Over half the OS calls are identical, -- ⚂⚃ 100% natural --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news@netfront.net ---
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On 2013-04-27, Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> wrote:> On 2013-04-27, josephkk <joseph_barrett@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:59:05 -0700, John Larkin >><jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >> >>> >>>DECs RT11 OS was cloned to become CPM and Microsoft DOS, and lives on in the >>>Windows command line. >> >> Absolute idiotic poppycock. Neither CPM nor Portland Software's 8086 DOS >> had anything but some incidental common commands to RT11. They were >> utterly different creatures written from scratch. > > Over half the OS calls are identical, >Replying to myself, that doesn't make DOS any closer to CP/M than linux is to unix. -- ⚂⚃ 100% natural --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news@netfront.net ---
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On 27 Apr 2013 10:52:42 GMT, Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> wrote:>On 2013-04-27, josephkk <joseph_barrett@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:59:05 -0700, John Larkin >><jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >> >>> >>>DECs RT11 OS was cloned to become CPM and Microsoft DOS, and lives on in the >>>Windows command line. >> >> Absolute idiotic poppycock. Neither CPM nor Portland Software's 8086 DOS >> had anything but some incidental common commands to RT11. They were >> utterly different creatures written from scratch. > >Over half the OS calls are identical,I think Bill Gates' early endeavors involved DR. Did j'all just miss that one?
