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- Subject: Re: UniDos
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- Date: 27 Aug 92 20:55:08 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug27.112001.718@cas.org> lvirden@cas.org (Larry W. Virden) writes:
- }There were 3 packages for using Dos 3.3 on 3.5" disks. The first was shareware
- }by Gary Little, who after that point went to work for Apple. I think
- }it's name was Unidos. He removed it from the market when a lot of folks
- }took copies from Compuserve but didn't pay the shareware fee.
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- Actually, Gary Little's was AmDOS. I checked with him, and he still does
- sell it, for $20.
-
- You can contact him at Gary_Little@gateway.qm.apple.com or
- Gary Little
- 3304 Plateau Drive
- Belmont, CA 94002
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- AmDOS works on 3.5" disks only, not on hard drives (more on that later).
-
- }The next was a commercial product by Nibble - I forget what it's name was.
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- UniDOS was Nibble's product.
-
- }Anyways, the last is the only still available commercial product, called
- }DOS Master, by Glen Bredon. Check the mail order houses or see if the
-
- As stated above, you can still get AmDOS, and if you only want to use
- 3.5" drives, it is cheaper than DOS Master so might be preferable.
-
- DOS Master works with hard drives also. I don't own it, but have read through
- the manual. It makes DOS 3.3 volumes _inside_ of ProDOS volumes on hard
- disks.. and also works on 3.5" disks.. whether it uses a special method for
- 3.5" disks or treats them as just prodos devices I do not know. I mention that
- since ProDOS 8 also includes a program to split 800K 3.5" disks into two 400K
- "DOS 3.3" volumes.
-
- Note that UniDOS, AmDOS, and DOS Master are incompatible with each other..
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