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From: sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: original CAOS operating system
Message-ID: <11464@linus.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Aug-87 13:32:29 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 19 13:32:29 1987
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In article <2225@cbmvax.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:

> Oops, avoid confusion.  CAOS is the orignal operating system specification that
> didn't come to pass.  It shouldn't be confused with exec or the AmigaDOS that
> was completed.
> 
> -- 

Since the original CAOS operating system was never built, would
Commodore care to release the specification for it to the public?  I
would be very interested in comparing it to the operating system we
eventually did get (AmigaDOS).


Steven Litvintchouk
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