Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!alberta!aunro!aupair.cs.athabascau.ca!kevinc From: kevinc@cs.athabascau.ca (Kevin Crocker) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: Where is the long awaited MS DOS 5.0 ? Message-ID: <566@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca> Date: 7 Jan 91 18:53:16 GMT References: <1991Jan4.190230.10756@bilver.uucp> Organization: Athabasca University Lines: 22 bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes: >you weren't into computers then this will explain it) Microsoft became the >leader in the Basic market with their implementation of Basic on the S-100 >machines in the mid-70's. >the ported the Seattle Computer Dos to the PC it was logical they retain Ah, this brings back memories. Back in the late 70's getting that damn tax program to work was a real b**ch, and then trying to port it to the new DOS was really strange. It was frustrating when the same damn command would give totally different results. If anyone remembers, some of the switches changed between Seatle DOS and the then CP/M and the new Microsoft DOS. Oh well, perhaps its best to retire those memories now. Kevin -- Kevin "auric" Crocker Athabasca University UUCP: ...!{alberta,ncc}!atha!kevinc Inet: kevinc@cs.AthabascaU.CA