RDOS is capable of
multitasking, with the ability to run up to 32 tasks (similar to the current term
threads) simultaneously on each of two
grounds (
foreground and background) within a 64
KB memory space. Later versions of RDOS are compatible with Data General's
16-bit Eclipse minicomputer line. A cut-down version of RDOS, without real-time background and foreground capability but still capable of running multiple threads and multi-user
Data General Business Basic, is called Data General Diskette Operating System (DG-DOS or now—somewhat confusingly—simply DOS); another related operating system is RTOS, a Real-Time Operating System for diskless environments. RDOS on
microNOVA-based "Micro Products" micro-minicomputers is sometimes called DG/RDOS. RDOS was superseded in the early 1980s by Data General's
AOS family of operating systems, including AOS/VS and MP/AOS (MP/OS on smaller systems).
Commands The following list of
commands are supported by the RDOS/DOS CLI. •
ALGOL •
APPEND •
ASM •
BASIC • BATCH • BOOT • BPUNCH • BUILD • CCONT • CDIR • CHAIN • CHATR • CHLAT • CLEAR • CLG • COPY • CPART • CRAND • CREATE • DEB •
DELETE • DIR • DISK • DUMP • EDIT • ENDLOG • ENPAT • EQUIV • EXFG • FDUMP • FGND • FILCOM • FLOAD •
FORT •
FORTRAN • FPRINT • GDIR • GMEM • GSYS • GTOD • INIT • LDIR • LFE •
LINK • LIST • LOAD • LOG • MAC • MCABOOT • MDIR • MEDIT • MESSAGE • MKABS • MKSAVE • MOVE • NSPEED • OEDIT • OVLDR • PATCH • POP •
PRINT • PUNCH • RDOSSORT • RELEASE •
RENAME • REPLACE • REV • RLDR • SAVE • SDAY • SEDIT • SMEM • SPDIS • SPEBL • SPEED • SPKILL • STOD • SYSGEN • TPRINT • TUOFF • TUON •
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