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From: achilles@unixland.uucp (David Holland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: 8-bit DOS
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Date: 18 May 91 04:44:53 GMT
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Date: 91May11 9:55 pm 
From: Atlantis_NJ!Robert_S._Ely@mast.moundst.mn.org 
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Most of the Atari DOS's will be listed here:
 
Atari DOS 1.0 ---Similar to 2.0 but not as fancy. Disappeared early.
          2.0 ---Still a strong standard in the Atari world. Can't 
                 seem to shake this one. 
          3.0 ---Died a nasty death. If you have it, get rid of it!
          2.5 ---Enhanced version of 2.0 with many added features 
                 and extended storage capabilities with the 1050 and 
                 XF551 drives. 
          XE  ---DSDD dis for the XF551 drives. supports up to 360k. 
MyDOS     5.x ---A very enhxnced version and offshoot of AtariDOS 
                 2.0. Somewhat mass compatible with other DOS's. 
SpartaDOS disc---MS-DOS type DOS. Probably the MOST all around 
                 compatible of all Atari 8-bit DOS's except for SDX 
          CART---This has to be the best Atari 8-bit DOS available. 
TopDOS        ---Don't know much about this one except that it is 
                 still available and supports up to 360k disc. There 
                 are others, but they are not very popular or wide 
                 spread. 
 
BTW MyDOS, AtariDOS XE and SpartaDOS all support multi-level 
directories. Unfortunately they don't all do it the same way. 
 
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