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From: drsmooth@relex.com (Edhel Iaur, Esq.)
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Subject: DOS 3.3 versions
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 22:12:01 GMT
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Somebody was asking about versions of Apple // DOS.  According to The
Dostalk Scrapbook, there are 3 normal (as in Apple made 'em, I think)
versions of DOS 3.3.  PEEK (46725) supposedly tells you which is
running:

165:oldest
186:better
182:latest

I remember one had something to do with the way text files are
handled.
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From: dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)
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Subject: Re: DOS 3.3 versions
Date: 31 Jan 1997 17:25:56 -0500
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Edhel Iaur, Esq. (drsmooth@relex.com) wrote:
: Somebody was asking about versions of Apple // DOS.  According to The
: Dostalk Scrapbook, there are 3 normal (as in Apple made 'em, I think)
: versions of DOS 3.3.  PEEK (46725) supposedly tells you which is
: running:

: 165:oldest
: 186:better
: 182:latest

: I remember one had something to do with the way text files are
: handled.

Hmmm...Let me think...
Assuming that there are only three versions (the Truth is covered in
"Beneath Apple DOS" which I keep promising myself, but haven't acquired
yet), then the second version contains a patch for the APPEND bug (but
apparently APPEND still doesn't work right...I don't really know since I
just make it a habit not to use APPEND); the third version then would
be the ][e release which contains yet another APPEND patch, and an
additional bit of code which shuts off the 80-column firmware during boot.
 That version comes on a new System Master which uses the LOADER.OBJ0
program to fast-load INTBASIC (or FPBASIC), and a revised "HELLO" program
which displays the "MAKE SURE CAPS LOCK IS DOWN" reminder on a ][e.  Oh,
this System Master is also less full than the earlier System Master
because most of the demo programs were moved to the new "Sample Programs"
disk.  But for DOS 3.3, changes in the distribution disks are not
particularly relevant to the changes in the OS itself.

Okay, Apple ][ gurus, where did I screw *this* one up?  8-)

]Dave Althoff, ][. 
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