On 5/28/24 16:29, ben via cctalk wrote: > On 2024-05-28 1:23 p.m., John via cctalk wrote: > >> So what, then, consitutes a Real Operating System, and why? > > I am grumpy about OS's like MSDOS, in that programs kept by passing > DOS to handle screen, and serial IO. > I also favor OS's that don't require one to build a file control block.
Do you mean like MSDOS (later functions use file handles, not FCBs)? Been like that since about DOS 2.0... --Chuck .
