Re: A83: Re: HAYS (be sure to read this one to the end)

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From: Linus Akesson <lairfight@softhome.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 23:33:14 +0200
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In accordance with the prophecy, Bryan Rabeler uttered:

>>> What else has DOS ever stood for?  (and don't say denial of service..
> ;) )
>> 
>> It's always stood for Disk Operating System, but on the c64 it actually
> meant
>> it.

> And on the old PCs it didn't actually mean it?

> Bryan

Why, no! It was the operating system, something that would run at least
theoretically without a disk drive. An operating system (if it is
singletasking, like ms-dos) is merely the API and basic i/o function
abstraction layer, it has nothing to do with controlling disk hardware.
That's what drivers are for.

Linus

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