Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I was talking specifically about scripting. ;-) [The whole "batch files 
> were everything" trip mentioned further up.]

Fair enough.

> The API for manipulating processes and RAM and GUI resources and such is 
> NOTHING LIKE any kind of Unix I'm aware of.

Yes, that's what I meant.

>> I mean, really, CP/M had "more" and "type" and such.
> I have no idea what CP/M is.

Think of it as PC-DOS 1.0 for 8-bit computers. ;-)

Basically, if you know PC-DOS 1.0 system calls, you know CP/M.

(I forget, did PC-DOS ever have PIP?)

>> That would be where the symlinks come into it. :-)
> Doesn't that just mean you have two filesystems instead of one?

No. You just have two separate trees of files with the same files 
"duplicated" in both.

> Damn, THAT was "interesting"... o_O

Ooops. Got the 50-1000 error again.
Type E-E-Bell!

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