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DOS XL

DOS XL is a discontinued Disk Operating System (DOS) written by Paul Laughton, Mark Rose, Bill Wilkinson, and Mike Peters and published by Optimized Systems Software (OSS) for the Atari 8-bit computers. It was designed to be compatible with Atari DOS which shipped with Atari, Inc.'s disk drives, which had also been written by the same team.

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Floppy diskCommand-lineMenuExecutableBatch file
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Developer
Optimized Systems Software
Final release
2.30 / 1984; 42 years ago (1984)
License
Proprietary software
Original authors
Paul Laughton Mark Rose Bill Wilkinson Mike Peters
Platform
Atari 8-bit
Type
Atari DOS

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DOS XL

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples80
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

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DOS XL

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related to Intrinsic Commands · 24
DOS XL → ATASCII, Begins, Changes, DirectoryEND, Displays ASCII, Enables, ERA, Erase, Jumps, LOA, Load, NO Screen, Protect, REM, REMark, REName, Renames, RUN, Runs CartridgeDn, Saves
related to Features · 18
DOS XL → Atari's, AtariWriter, Axlon RamDisk, BIT-3, BUG/65, CP, DOS XL's, EXCwould, In, Later, Mosaic RamDisk, Naming, OS/A, OSS SuperCartridge, SYSfiles, These, Unfortunately, XL
related to Patch · 11
DOS XL → COM, D1, If, In, INIT, INITDBL, MENU, Note, Then, To, Version
related to Legacy · 8
DOS XL → Atari, However, ICD's, ICD's SpartaDOS, January, OS/A, OSS, Plans
related to References · 7
DOS XL → Bill Wilkinson, Inside Atari DOS Introduction, Newsletter, October, Reference Manual, Spring, User's Guide
related to Distribution · 5
DOS XL → As, OS/A, OSS, Over, The
Developer · 1
DOS XL → Optimized Systems Software
Final release · 1
DOS XL → 2.30 / 1984; 42 years ago (1984)
License · 1
DOS XL → Proprietary software
Original authors · 1
DOS XL → Paul Laughton Mark Rose Bill Wilkinson Mike Peters

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dos xl disk file atari menu oss 30 os batch command features bill wilkinson included manual drive drives written commands

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DOS XLDeveloperOptimized Systems Software1.00infobox
DOS XLFinal release2.30 / 1984; 42 years ago (1984)1.00infobox
DOS XLLicenseProprietary software1.00infobox
DOS XLOriginal authorsPaul Laughton Mark Rose Bill Wilkinson Mike Peters1.00infobox
DOS XLPlatformAtari 8-bit1.00infobox
DOS XLTypeAtari DOS1.00infobox
DOS XLis adiscontinued Disk Operating System0.90text
DOS XLrelated to DistributionAs0.60section
DOS XLrelated to DistributionThe0.60section
DOS XLrelated to DistributionOS/A0.60section
DOS XLrelated to DistributionOSS0.60section
DOS XLrelated to DistributionOver0.60section

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