Commodore DOS, also known as CBM DOS, is the disk operating system used with Commodore's 8-bit computers. Unlike most other DOSes, which are loaded from...
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previous Commodore drives at the DOS level and cannot utilize software that performs low-level disk access (as the vast majority of Commodore 64 games...
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The Commodore 1541 (also known as the CBM 1541 and VIC-1541) is a floppy disk drive which was made by Commodore International for the Commodore 64 (C64)...
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host) and the resident Commodore DOS on board in ROM – contrary to almost all other home computer systems of the time, where the DOS was loaded from a boot...
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Commodore International Corporation was a home computer and electronics manufacturer with its head office in The Bahamas and its executive office in the...
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DOS/360 from 1966. Others include Apple DOS, Apple ProDOS, Atari DOS, Commodore DOS, TRSDOS, and AmigaDOS. IBM PC DOS (and the separately sold MS-DOS)...
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the 1571, to be called the Commodore 1572, but quickly canceled it, reportedly due to technical difficulties with the 1572 DOS. It would have had four times...
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Encyclopedia For Commodore PET & CBM Users. COMPUTE! Books. p. 167. ISBN 0-942386-04-3. Retrieved 7 October 2018. "cbmsrc / DOS_4040 / dos". GitHub. 5 February...
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Floppy disk variants (section Commodore 64/128)
by Commodore DOS instead, which was implemented with an extra MOS-6502 processor on the disk drive. Many programs such as GEOS bypass Commodore's DOS completely...
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The Commodore 8050, Commodore 8250, and Commodore SFD-1001 are 5¼-inch floppy disk drives manufactured by Commodore International, primarily for its 8-bit...
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The Commodore 1570 is a 5¼" floppy disk drive for the Commodore 128 home/personal computer. It is a single-sided, 170 kB version of the Commodore 1571...
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Due to lack of hardware support for detecting track zero position, Commodore DOS formatting routines and many complex software copy-protection schemes...
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The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics...
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contain the DOS in ROM. Some versions of AmigaDOS mostly resides in ROM, as a part of a Kickstart firmware. Commodore DOS is on 8-bit Commodore computers...
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The DOS Wedge is a piece of Commodore 64 system software that was popular in its time. It was written by Bob Fairbairn, and was included by Commodore (CBM)...
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The Commodore PC compatible systems are a range of IBM PC compatible personal computers introduced in 1984 by home computer manufacturer Commodore Business...
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The Commodore 1551 (originally introduced as the SFS 481) is a floppy disk drive for the Commodore Plus/4 home computer. It resembles a charcoal-colored...
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floppy drive Commodore 1581 disk drive Commodore MPS 802 printer Commodore DOS Commodore 64 peripherals List of device bit rates Commodore 1541 Fast loader...
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The Commodore 128, also known as the C128, is the last 8-bit home computer that was commercially released by Commodore Business Machines (CBM). Introduced...
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this is subject to El Torito specifications. C128 or C64 software on Commodore DOS disks where data on Track 1, Sector 0 began with a magic number corresponding...
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Commodore DOS, for Commodore's 8-bit computers Cromemco DOS (CDOS), a CP/M-like operating system CSI-DOS, for the Soviet Elektronika BK computers DOS...
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was a microcomputer made by Commodore Business Machines in 1983. It was sold to schools as a replacement for aging Commodore PET systems. Schools were reluctant...
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(only in 86-DOS and DOS 1.xx) KEYBD$, SCREEN$ (only in multitasking MS-DOS 4.0) $IDLE$ (only in Concurrent DOS 386, Multiuser DOS and DR DOS 5.0 and higher)...
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The Final Cartridge III (category Commodore 64)
was DOS" which can be used to give Commodore DOS commands (e.g. DOS"S0:UNDESIRED FILE to delete a file), read the error status of the drive (plain DOS")...
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exception was Commodore DOS, which was not loaded into the computer's main memory at all – Commodore disk drives contained a 6502 processor and ran DOS from internal...
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Killer poke (section Commodore PET)
The Commodore 64 had an optional external 5-1/4" floppy drive. The Commodore 1541 contained a 6502 microprocessor which was used to run Commodore DOS and...
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Commodore BASIC, also known as PET BASIC or CBM-BASIC, is the dialect of the BASIC programming language used in Commodore International's 8-bit home computer...
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Epyx Fast Load (category Commodore 64 software)
acceleration, the cartridge also provides a built-in version of the Commodore DOS Wedge. This dramatically reduces the number of keystrokes needed to...
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of neural network Block availability map, a computer file system of Commodore DOS Business activity monitoring, real-time monitoring of business processes...
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(originally only a floppy disk, and later also a hard disk). In terms of Commodore DOS (CBM DOS) compatible disk drives, the BAM was a data structure stored in...
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