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Encyclopedia > ProDOS

For Australian-based Objectivist Prodos Marinakis and the prodos institute, see here. For another meaning, see Apples proDOS computer operating system. ...

Beneath Apple ProDOS was a popular guide to ProDOS.
Beneath Apple ProDOS was a popular guide to ProDOS.

ProDOS, or the Professional Disk Operating System, was arguably the most popular operating system for the Apple II series of computers upon its release in 1983. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (588x936, 79 KB)Cover of Beneath Apple ProDOS This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (588x936, 79 KB)Cover of Beneath Apple ProDOS This work is copyrighted. ... In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. ... The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ... The tower of a personal computer. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


ProDOS was released by Apple to address specific issues relating to connecting peripheral devices such as hard disk drives and third-party non-Disk II floppy disk drives. ProDOS also addressed earlier DOS 3.x problems with hardware interrupt signals, difficulties in assigning memory areas as protected memory, and special function customization. With the release of ProDOS came the end of support for Integer BASIC, which by 1983 had been effectively replaced by Applesoft BASIC. Apple Computer, Inc. ... A floppy disk is a data storage device that is composed of a circular piece of thin, flexible (i. ... Beneath Apple DOS was a popular guide to Apple DOS. Apple DOS refers to operating systems for the Apple II series of microcomputers from 1978 through 1982. ... Integer BASIC, written by Steve Wozniak, was the BASIC interpreter included in ROM on the original Apple II computer at release in 1977, and as such was the first version of BASIC used by many early home computer owners. ... Applesoft BASIC was the second dialect of BASIC supplied on the Apple II computer, superseding Integer BASIC. Applesoft BASIC was supplied by Microsoft; Apple was looking for a new version of BASIC for the Apple II Plus computer with 48 KB of RAM, and after success with Altair BASIC, Microsoft...


ProDOS, unlike earlier Apple DOS 3.x versions, has its developmental roots in SOS, the operating system for the ill-fated Apple III computer released in 1980. SOS, which stands for the Sophisticated Operating System, was the computer operating system released in 1980 that was used by the ill-fated Apple III computer. ... In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. ... The Apple III, or Apple /// as it was sometimes styled, was the first completely new computer designed by Apple Computer, Inc. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...


Eventually ProDOS was renamed to ProDOS 8. ProDOS 16 was written to support the new Apple IIgs computer, although it was soon replaced by GS/OS. The Apple IIGS was the last model of the Apple II series of personal computers made by Apple Computer. ... In computing, GS/OS is the second operating system developed by Apple Computer for its Apple IIGS computer system. ...


References

  • Worth, Don; Lechner, Pieter. Beneath Apple ProDOS. (Quality Software, 1984, ISBN 0-912985-05-4

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Encyclopedia4U - ProDOS - Encyclopedia Article (243 words)
ProDOS, or the Professional Disk Operating System, was arguably the most popular operating system for the Apple II series of computers upon its release in 1983.
ProDOS was released by Apple to address specific issues relating to connecting peripheral devices such as hard disk drives and third-party non-Disk II floppy disk drives.
ProDOS 16 was written to support the new Apple IIgs computer, although it was soon replaced by GS/OS.
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