On 11/16/20 5:43 AM, Vince Coen wrote:
IBM created the format for using the system based on their design BUT they were one of the first in creating a commercial computer system from scratch starting with the 1401 and for science based the 7090 series (i.e., 7094 as it had a built in arithmetic control unit)).
This kind of thinking was a bit like the first micros which did not have one within the CPU logic chip but as a separate optional chip..
On Micros, CP/M (and hence MS-DOS) got drive letters descending from VM.
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