alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER) (10/08/90)
Hmm...are you sure that was legal? Apple (II and Mac) system software is
fairly loose as far as distribution goes, but MeSsy-DOS is almost like
commercial software--in fact, it probably is, considering that some companies
that sell Apple II stuff sell MeSsy-DOS (for your PC Transporter) for a hefty
wad of cash (Preferred Computing sells v4.01 for $85, I think).
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In article <2099@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU> alfter@uns-helios.uucp(SCOTT ALFTER) writes: >Hmm...are you sure that was legal? Apple (II and Mac) system software is >fairly loose as far as distribution goes, but MeSsy-DOS is almost like >commercial software--in fact, it probably is, considering that some companies >that sell Apple II stuff sell MeSsy-DOS (for your PC Transporter) for a hefty >wad of cash (Preferred Computing sells v4.01 for $85, I think). I wouldn't get all bent out of shape. Point one, name wise, saying MeSsy-DOS just implies that it is MS-DOS like, it does not say that it is an MS-DOS shell nor does it say that it is necessarily trying to be one. This can be seen pretty simply by the small size of MeSsy-DOS. I downloaded it and looked at it and it came out to be no more than adding commands dir, online, cd, and something else to BASIC.SYSTEM, nothing that I couldn't get in DAVEX or I coulnd't alias by hand. It's still a cute little thing, but hardly something that would get into a copyright dispute. And please, don't get MeSsy-DOS mixed up with MS-DOS. I think the idea is that the guy named it MeSsy-DOS meaning it's a really simple addition of a couple MS-DOS like commands to BASIC.SYSTEM. Just because it's a common slang term doesn't mean that the person who was posting it was implying that it was, in fact, MS-DOS. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + -Phil Andrew Haldryan Rzewski Internet: kutcha@clotho.acm.rpi.edu + + "I fileted them and ate them." Bitnet: USERF3DK@RPITSMTS.BITNET + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER) (10/09/90)
In article <3PT%6J%@rpi.edu> kutcha@clotho.acm.rpi.edu (Phillip Rzewski) writes: > I wouldn't get all bent out of shape. Point one, name wise, saying >MeSsy-DOS just implies that it is MS-DOS like, it does not say that it is an >MS-DOS shell nor does it say that it is necessarily trying to be one. This can I guess that's what I get for constantly referring to MS-DOS as "MeSsy-DOS." MeSsy-DOS EQU MS-DOS :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Alfter _/_ / v \ Apple II: Internet: alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu ( ( the power to be your best! GEnie: S.ALFTER \_^_/
SAB121@psuvm.psu.edu (10/12/90)
Well, I guess maybe I should have been a little more careful. Here are a
few particulars that I got from other people (I don't use Basic.System any
more so it was kinda useless for me to bother unpacking it...):
Adds the commands CD, DIR, and one other one I can't remember off hand
to the standard BASIC.SYSTEM. I am PRETTY sure it is not copy righted in any
way that makes it illegal to post it to the net since I originally got it from
AOL to begin with... Sorry about all the confusion...
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