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Here are some of the major DOS's for Model T computers:
Here are some of the major DOS's for Model T computers:


* [[tpdd:floppy|floppy]] - The official DOS that came with the TPDD
* [[TPDD_client:floppy|floppy]] - The official DOS that came with the TPDD
* [[tpdd:flopy2|flopy2]] - The official DOS that came with the TPDD2
* [[TPDD_client:flopy2|flopy2]] - The official DOS that came with the TPDD2
* [[tpdd:TS-DOS|TS-DOS]] - Commercial DOS from Travelling Software. Now free.
* [[TPDD_client:TS-DOS|TS-DOS]] - Commercial DOS from Travelling Software. Now free.
* [[tpdd:Tiny|Tiny]] - A tiny DOS
* [[TPDD_client:Tiny|Tiny]] - A tiny DOS
* [[tpdd:Teeny|Teeny]] - An even smaller version of Tiny, and the smallest DOS
* [[TPDD_client:Teeny|Teeny]] - An even smaller version of Tiny, and the smallest DOS
* [[tpdd:DSKMGR|DSKMGR]] - An early alternative DOS. One of the only things available for Kyotronic KC-85 and Olivetti M-10.
* [[TPDD_client:DSKMGR|DSKMGR]] - An early alternative DOS. One of the only things available for Kyotronic KC-85 and Olivetti M-10.
* [[tpdd:Power-DOS|Power-DOS / Power-Disk]] - An early DOS from Acroatix.
* [[TPDD_client:Power-DOS|Power-DOS / Power-Disk]] - An early DOS from Acroatix.
* [[tpdd:Disk+|Disk+]] - Commercial DOS option ROM from PCSG.
* [[TPDD_client:Disk+|Disk+]] - Commercial DOS option ROM from PCSG.
* [[tpdd:DiskPower|Disk Power]] - Commercial DOS from Ultrasoft Innovations. Requires original distribution disk to install.
* [[TPDD_client:DiskPower|Disk Power]] - Commercial DOS from Ultrasoft Innovations. Requires original distribution disk to install.


(note) Not MS-DOS. The generic term for any disk operating system.
(note) Not MS-DOS. The generic term for any disk operating system.

Revision as of 00:27, 31 July 2021

A "TPDD client", also usually called a DOS(note), is software that runs on the portable and can read and write files on a Tandy Portable Disk Drive or Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2, or any of their rebadged versions like Brother FB-100 and Purple Computing disk drive, or any "TPDD server", software which runs on a pc and emulates a TPDD.

To use a real TPDD or TPDD2, you need the special cable that came with the drive, or a new cable that has the same electronics inside.

TPDD#Cable
https://github.com/bkw777/TPDD_Cable
https://www.arcadeshopper.com/wp/?page_id=11#!/Special-serial-cable-for-Tandy-Portable-Disk-Drive-and-Tandy-Portable-Disk-Drive-2/p/144969001/category=28313042

To use a TPDD server aka emulator, you need a normal Model_T_Serial_Cable.

Here are some of the major DOS's for Model T computers:

  • floppy - The official DOS that came with the TPDD
  • flopy2 - The official DOS that came with the TPDD2
  • TS-DOS - Commercial DOS from Travelling Software. Now free.
  • Tiny - A tiny DOS
  • Teeny - An even smaller version of Tiny, and the smallest DOS
  • DSKMGR - An early alternative DOS. One of the only things available for Kyotronic KC-85 and Olivetti M-10.
  • Power-DOS / Power-Disk - An early DOS from Acroatix.
  • Disk+ - Commercial DOS option ROM from PCSG.
  • Disk Power - Commercial DOS from Ultrasoft Innovations. Requires original distribution disk to install.

(note) Not MS-DOS. The generic term for any disk operating system.