GS/OS is an operating environment developed by Apple Computer for its Apple II personal computer that uses the ProDOS filing system. It provides facilities for accessing the file system, controlling input/output devices, loading and running program files, and a system allowing programs to handle interrupts and signals. GS/OS was included as a component of Apple II System Software versions 4.0 through 6.0.1.GS/OS included a facility known as File System Translators (FSTs) which allowed it to support multiple on-disk file systems in a manner transparent to application programs, a feature not found in ProDOS or most other microcomputer operating systems at the time. It was usually used with the ProDOS file system, but GS/OS also supported a variety of other file systems, including the Hierarchical File System used by the Mac OS. Other File System Translators included those for MS-DOS, High Sierra/ISO-9660, Apple ProDOS, DOS 3.3 and Pascal, albeit read-only . Another advantage of GS/OS over ProDOS 16 was that it was written in 16-bit code for the 65816 processor used in the II, rather than primarily in 8-bit 6502 machine code that did not take advantage of the II's unique features. It also extended the ProDOS file system to provide for resource forks on files similar to those used on the Apple Macintosh, which allowed for programs to be written in a more flexible way.

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  • GS/OS is an operating environment developed by Apple Computer for its Apple II personal computer that uses the ProDOS filing system. It provides facilities for accessing the file system, controlling input/output devices, loading and running program files, and a system allowing programs to handle interrupts and signals. GS/OS was included as a component of Apple II System Software versions 4.0 through 6.0.1.GS/OS included a facility known as File System Translators (FSTs) which allowed it to support multiple on-disk file systems in a manner transparent to application programs, a feature not found in ProDOS or most other microcomputer operating systems at the time. It was usually used with the ProDOS file system, but GS/OS also supported a variety of other file systems, including the Hierarchical File System used by the Mac OS. Other File System Translators included those for MS-DOS, High Sierra/ISO-9660, Apple ProDOS, DOS 3.3 and Pascal, albeit read-only . Another advantage of GS/OS over ProDOS 16 was that it was written in 16-bit code for the 65816 processor used in the II, rather than primarily in 8-bit 6502 machine code that did not take advantage of the II's unique features. It also extended the ProDOS file system to provide for resource forks on files similar to those used on the Apple Macintosh, which allowed for programs to be written in a more flexible way. The big change from the previous versions of ProDOS is that GS/OS incorporated many features of the Macintosh OS 5. In particular, GS/OS has a Finder, loadable fonts, plug-in device drivers . In addition GS/OS's Toolbox was largely compatible with the Macintosh; in fact it seemed like the Macintosh Toolbox ported to the 65816 processor, with improvements. GS/OS comes with a command-line development environment called APW (Apple Programmer's Workshop); much like the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop. (en)
  • GS/OS a été le deuxième système d'exploitation développé par Apple pour son ordinateur Apple II. Il proposait un ensemble de services d'accès aux fichiers, de contrôle des périphériques d'entrées/sorties, de chargement et d'exécution des applications, de gestion de la mémoire ainsi que de traitement des signaux et interruptions. GS/OS a constitué une avancée majeure par rapport à son prédécesseur Prodos 16, le premier système d'exploitation du II. GS/OS incluait un système de FSTs qui permettait aux applications d'accéder à des systèmes de fichiers différents de manière totalement transparente, procédé particulièrement innovant pour l'époque. GS/OS était habituellement utilisé avec le système de fichiers ProDos, mais pouvait donc accéder à des unités de disque HFS, Pascal, DOS 3.3 ou ISO 9660. Contrairement à ProDos 16, GS/OS était spécifiquement conçu pour le microprocesseur 65C816. Catégorie:Système d'exploitation (fr)
  • GS/OS war ein Betriebssystem, welches für den Apple IIgs von Apple Computer eingeführt wurde und einen weiteren Schritt von Apple ProDOS in Richtung des moderneren Mac OS darstellt. Die grafischen Fähigkeiten des Apple IIgs waren so weit entwickelt, dass erstmals eine grafische Benutzeroberfläche für einen Apple II entwickelt werden konnte. GS/OS war das erste farbige GUI von Apple; die Macintosh-Modelle dieser Zeit hatten alle noch einen Schwarz-Weiß-Monitor. GS/GO erlaubt den Zugriff auf verschiedene Dateisysteme wie Apple Pascal, Apple DOS 3.3, ISO/High Sierra, HFS, MS-DOS, Apple ProDOS und AppleShare. AppleShare erlaubt GS/OS einen Netzwerkzugriff über AppleTalk auf AppleShare Fileserver. GS/OS konnte sogar über ein Netzwerk geladen und gestartet werden. Allerdings kann ein IIgs mit GS/OS nicht selbst als Server im Netzwerk genutzt werden, diese Rolle muss ein Macintosh-Computer übernehmen. Die letzte Version von GS/OS war 4. 02, sie wurde mit den Apple IIgs System Disks Version 6.0.1 ausgeliefert. (de)
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  • GS/OS running. (en)
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  • GS/OS (en)
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  • GS/OS v4.02 (System Software 6.0.1) (en)
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  • Apple Software License Agreement (en)
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  • GS/OS (en)
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  • GS/OS is an operating environment developed by Apple Computer for its Apple II personal computer that uses the ProDOS filing system. It provides facilities for accessing the file system, controlling input/output devices, loading and running program files, and a system allowing programs to handle interrupts and signals. GS/OS was included as a component of Apple II System Software versions 4.0 through 6.0.1.GS/OS included a facility known as File System Translators (FSTs) which allowed it to support multiple on-disk file systems in a manner transparent to application programs, a feature not found in ProDOS or most other microcomputer operating systems at the time. It was usually used with the ProDOS file system, but GS/OS also supported a variety of other file systems, including the Hierarchical File System used by the Mac OS. Other File System Translators included those for MS-DOS, High Sierra/ISO-9660, Apple ProDOS, DOS 3.3 and Pascal, albeit read-only . Another advantage of GS/OS over ProDOS 16 was that it was written in 16-bit code for the 65816 processor used in the II, rather than primarily in 8-bit 6502 machine code that did not take advantage of the II's unique features. It also extended the ProDOS file system to provide for resource forks on files similar to those used on the Apple Macintosh, which allowed for programs to be written in a more flexible way. (en)
  • GS/OS a été le deuxième système d'exploitation développé par Apple pour son ordinateur Apple II. (fr)
  • GS/OS war ein Betriebssystem, welches für den Apple IIgs von Apple Computer eingeführt wurde und einen weiteren Schritt von Apple ProDOS in Richtung des moderneren Mac OS darstellt. (de)
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