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I think CP/M is where the driver letters in windows came from. Now I know who did it.
by toolslive 12y ago
I think CP/M is where the driver letters in windows came from. Now I know who did it.
- Moto7451 12y agoMS DOS is a clone of CP/M. Since Windows originally ran on top of DOS it inherited the drive letter system.
- MrBuddyCasino 12y agoThe sources for MS DOS 1.1 and 2.0 are available as well, if you'd like to compare them: http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/microsoft-ms-dos-early-source-code/ http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/microsoft-ms-dos-early-...
- bodyfour 12y agoA lot of conventions in CP/M are similar to DEC operating systems of that period (RT-11, RSTS/E, etc) For instance in RT-11 files had the same "device:filename.ext" format. However the device spec was 2-3 characters, not just one letter. There may be earlier antecedents as well.
- pjmlp 12y agoSymbian and Amiga OS also have device names. As for Windows, in the NT line you can also refer to drives via \Devices\... when using object paths in Windows API.