> > somewhere I probably still have a pile of 5.25" floppies with my > > Apple BASIC programs on it. > Actually, they did have an OS... several, actually. Apple DOS 3.3 was > the primary one, which was something like a fusion of a simple shell and > a BASIC interpreter. hmm. never saw it. which isn't saying much. :) > But it was decidedly more than the BASIC ROM, in > that it would actually work with disks. The BASIC ROM only handled > cassette tapes IIRC. I certainly seem to have done quite well with floppy disks for it. :) I had *heard* of hard drives, but I don't think I ever saw one (or at least never recognized one for what it was). I also remember doing dumb things like sending a line feed to the printer (over a shared appletalk network!) and thinking that was so cool. :) you know what? I don't miss it much at all. :) Carl Soderstrom -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises (952) 943-8700