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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:14622 comp.os.386bsd.development:2408 comp.os.386bsd.bugs:2413 comp.os.386bsd.apps:1355 comp.os.386bsd.questions:12511 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3295 comp.os.os2.programmer.misc:12359 comp.os.linux.development:13629 comp.os.minix:24069 comp.os.mach:4103 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:6904 alt.folklore.computers:61749 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!news.dfn.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-ulm.de!t-rex From: t-rex@dontpanic.rz.uni-ulm.de (Thomas Koenig) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.minix,comp.os.mach,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Report on SVNET: Bill Jolitz's Talk; Mind Overload. Followup-To: alt.folklore.computers Date: 19 Aug 1994 20:25:09 GMT Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3334f6$l3h@wega.rz.uni-ulm.de> References: <jmonroyCuq5J1.Fy8@netcom.com> <MIB.94Aug18102735@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <Cur2uA.9EI@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> <Cusntz.DFI@wg.saar.de> Reply-To: Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de NNTP-Posting-Host: dontpanic.rz.uni-ulm.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] [ Followup-To: alt.folklore.computers ] Patrick Schaaf (bof@wg.saar.de) wrote in article <Cusntz.DFI@wg.saar.de>: >tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dave Tweten) writes: >>The final revelation to me was how he planned for users to boot directly >>off the CD, with no need for a boot floppy. The actual scheme is: >... >> 2. Boot DOS. >What is DOS? DOS stands for "Disk Operating System". It's an early operating system for the IBM /360 series of mainframes, introduced around 1964. It is generally believed to be more elegant than IBM's next attempt, the bloated OS/360 (with its incarnations MFT, MVT, and later MVS). It is still running today on IBM mainframes as DOS/VSE, and it probably is one of the longest - running operating systems in history. I hope other people on a.f.c can correct any mistakes in the above :-) -- "Das ist so unbedeutend, dass man es nicht noch einmal ignorieren sollte" Prof. Mesch