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From: pete@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Peter Santangeli)
Date: Wed, 3-Feb-88 19:51:11 EST
Message-ID: <1988Feb3.195111.16536@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Maligning TRS-80's
References: <8802030237.AA05074@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: pete@gpu.utcs.UUCP (Peter Santangeli)

In article <8802030237.AA05074@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> 7GMADISO@POMONA.BITNET writes:
>Date: 2 February 1988, 18:08:38 PST
>From: 7GMADISO at POMONA
>To:   INFO-ATARI16 at SCORE.STANFORD
>
>Peter Santangeli writes:
>>    We have a limited number of folders (static).
>>    My hard drive creates new files slower than my floppy.
>>    The OS doesn't do any sector level buffering.
>>These features remind me painfully of my experiences with TRSDOS on a
>>1977 trs-80!
>
>Obviously Mr. Santangeli hasn't used a TRS-80 in some time.  LS-DOS
>6.3 compares to the early versions of TRSDOS much as (name your favorite
>well-thought-out, essentially bugless OS) compares to early versions of
>CP/M.

	Actually, I used a model III until recently (2 years). I agree that some
3rd party dos's for the TRS80 put many current OS's to shame. But I said TRSDOS.
	I don't consider Radio Shack's switching to LDOS (or whatever) to mean
that it is the same OS. it isn't (I know, switch the posting to comp.sys.trs80..)
	No flames please, I was just clarifying. Consider the subject closed.
	Pete Santangeli