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Commodore DOS

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 disk into the computer's own RAM and executed there, CBM DOS is executed internally in the drive: the DOS resides in ROM chips inside the drive, and is run there by one or more dedicated MOS 6502 family…

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Available in
English
Developer
Commodore International
Latest release
10.0
License
Proprietary
Supported platforms
MOS 6502 family

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Commodore DOS

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Triples41
Avg. degree1.97
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Commodore DOS

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related to The save-with-replace bug · 16
Commodore DOS → Affected, At, By, Commodore PET, Compute, DOS, For, MY PROGRAM, Prizes, SAVE, Save-with-Replace, Since, Some, That, The, This
related to CBM DOS versions · 11
Commodore DOS → At, C128DCR, Commodore's, Drives, IEC Bus, IEEE-488, SFD-1001, SX-64, TALK/LISTEN, The, Unless
related to Command channel · 4
Commodore DOS → As, DOS, Issuing, To
Available in · 1
Commodore DOS → English
Developer · 1
Commodore DOS → Commodore International
Latest release · 1
Commodore DOS → 10.0
License · 1
Commodore DOS → Proprietary
Supported platforms · 1
Commodore DOS → MOS 6502 family

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Commodore DOSAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
Commodore DOSDeveloperCommodore International1.00infobox
Commodore DOSLatest release10.01.00infobox
Commodore DOSLicenseProprietary1.00infobox
Commodore DOSSupported platformsMOS 6502 family1.00infobox
.mw-parser-output .mw-tmpl-kbdinstance ofThis feature can be used to create directory entries0.80text
Epyx Fast Loadinstance ofThe DOS Wedge and various third-party cartridges and extenders0.80text
Action Replayinstance ofThe DOS Wedge and various third-party cartridges and extenders0.80text
and The Final Cartridge III allow viewing of the disk directory using special commands that load the directory into screen memory without destroying the current BASIC programinstance ofThe DOS Wedge and various third-party cartridges and extenders0.80text
the 8050instance ofThe bug stemmed from the fact that the affected DOS implementations were modified versions of the DOS contained in earlier Commodore PET dual drives0.80text
Commodore DOSrelated to CBM DOS versionsAt0.60section
Commodore DOSrelated to CBM DOS versionsUnless0.60section

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