23 Mar
2006
23 Mar
'06
4:51 p.m.
As long as we're on the business of firsts, what was the first operating
system to refer to mass storage devices by single letters, starting with
"A"? Does CP/M have this distinction? ISIS, IIRC used F0: and F1: for the
floppies.
Think of all of the keystrokes saved!
Cheers,
Chuck
24 Mar
24 Mar
3:22 a.m.
At 04:51 PM 3/23/06 -0800, you wrote:
As long as we're on the business of firsts, what
was the first operating
system to refer to mass storage devices by single letters, starting with
"A"? Does CP/M have this distinction?
Yes, AFIK.
ISIS, IIRC used F0: and F1: for the
floppies.
Almost. Actually it was :F1:
Think of all of the keystrokes saved!
Amen!
Joe
Cheers,
Chuck
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