Whoa! You can still buy ProDOS 8 ! Any open source DOS's available?

Newsgroups	comp.sys.apple2
Date	2016-01-18 10:23 -0800
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Subject	Whoa! You can still buy ProDOS 8 ! Any open source DOS's available?
From	"Michael 'AppleWin Debugger Dev'" <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com>

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Guess this won't break the bank at $2. :-)

1. I'm not understanding why it says ProDOS 4.0.2 ???
I guess they probably mean ProDOS 8 v2.0.2 and ProDOS 8 v1.0.2 ?

* http://store.16sector.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=187
> This 5.25" disk contains Apple II ProDOS 8 System Disk 4.0.2 on the front, and System Disk 3.2 on the back.  Version 4.0.2 requires an enhanced IIe, IIc, IIc Plus, or IIgs, while System Disk 3.2 will work on any Apple II.


Wikipedia (as reliable as *that* can be) says the last version was 2.03:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_ProDOS
> Latest release: 2.0.3 / May 6, 1993

I also don't see any versions past 2.0.3 mentioned at Apple 2 History "15-DOS 3.3, ProDOS & Beyond":
* http://apple2history.org/history/ah15/#12

> ProDOS 8 v2.0.2 and 2.0.3 were the last revisions to be released by Apple, the latter accompanied by BASIC.SYSTEM 1.5.

> * ProDOS 1.0 - October 1983
> * ProDOS 1.0.1 - January 1984
> * ProDOS 1.0.2 - February 1984
> * ProDOS 1.1 - August 1984
> * ProDOS 1.1.1 - September 1984
> * ProDOS 8 v1.2 - September 1986
> * ProDOS 8 v1.3 - January 1987
> * ProDOS 8 v1.4 - April 1987
> * ProDOS 8 v1.5 - April 1988
> * ProDOS 8 v1.6 - June 1988
> * ProDOS 8 v1.7 - August 1988
> * ProDOS 8 v1.8 - June 1989
> * ProDOS 8 v1.9 - August 1990
> * ProDOS 8 v2.0 - January 1992
> * ProDOS 8 v2.0.1 - March 1992
> * ProDOS 8 v2.0.2 - November 1992
> * ProDOS 8 v2.0.3 - May 1993

2. This got me thinking, while Apple released the source to DOS 3.3 and ProDOS, legally we still can't distribute it.  (Or can we?) Does the community actually have a free, open-source DOS that we can legally distribute?

Michael

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Whoa! You can still *buy* ProDOS 8 ! Any open source DOS's available? "Michael 'AppleWin Debugger Dev'" <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 10:23 -0800
  Re: Whoa! You can still *buy* ProDOS 8 ! Any open source DOS's available? Howard Poe <hojopo@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 11:24 -0800
    Re: Whoa! You can still *buy* ProDOS 8 ! Any open source DOS's available? "Michael 'AppleWin Debugger Dev'" <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 11:58 -0800
  Re: Whoa! You can still *buy* ProDOS 8 ! Any open source DOS's available? Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2016-01-18 21:16 +0100
  Re: Whoa! You can still *buy* ProDOS 8 ! Any open source DOS's available? Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-01-18 20:04 -0800

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