What Operating System environments does the GS support?
The GS can support several. Some of the more popular OS environments include … DOS 3.3- usually Beagle’s Prontodos or some other speeded version of the original DOS 3.3. This is the 5.25″ diskette-based disk operating system used for years on earlier Apple II’s. It’s commands are designed for use from BASIC programs or from the keyboard. Many old Apple II games and other wares are on 5.25″ diskettes which boot DOS 3.3. ProDOS 8- e.g. ProDOS v2.0.3. This is a disk operating system which supports a variety of devices (e.g. 3.5″ drives, hard drives, etc.) and allows sub-directories. Commands are very similar to DOS 3.3 and are designed for use in BASIC programs or from the keyboard. BASIC and ‘system’ programs can also utilize direct CALLs to well-defined ProDOS Machine Language Interface routines. Apple Pascal- This is an early 1980’s implementation of UCSD Pascal which can run on 40-column and 80-column Apple II’s. System- Originally called “ProDOS 16” and later “GS/OS”, the collectio
