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ParaDOS

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The ultimate A [[DOS]] for 3½" drives, coded by [[Executioner|Richard Wilson]] and initially marketed by [[Quantum Computing]].
ParaDOS was a complete replacement for the standard 16k [[AMSDOS]] ROM.
Among the functions of the utility were fast file copying and batch erasing.
ParaDOS largely supplanted [[ROMDOS]] as the OS of choice among CPC usersAMSDOS replacement.
Unlike ROMDOS, ParaDOS made no check for the presence of an AMSDOS ROM on sign-on.
It is likely that ParaDOS would have been questioned more rigorously had it not been introduced towards the end of the CPC's commercial life.
 
Unlike other expansion ROMs ParaDOS has no checksum in address &FFFF. This fact should be considered when performing f. e. a ROM integrity check or similar. It the usual checksum algorithm is used the checksum is &26.
 
There is a special version of ParaDOS, it's called [[VaraDOS]] and has the great Vortex format enabled by default.
== Systems Cartridges with Parados ==
== Manual ==
* [[Media:parados.pdf|ParaDOS Manualin English]] (pdf)* [[FileMedia:Manual_parados_espanol.pdf|ParaDOS Manual in Spanish]] (pdf)* [[Media:Pdos-ddb.txt|ParaDOS DDB and DPB documentation]] (txt) == Downloads == * [[Media:Parados_v1_0.rom|ParaDOS 1.0 ROM]] * [[Media:PARADOS_1-1.ROM|ParaDOS 1.1 ROM]] * [[Media:ParaDOS_1-2.ROM|ParaDOS 1.2 ROM]] * [[Media:ParaDOS_1-2+.ROM|ParaDOS 1.2+ ROM]]
== Links ==
http://www.winape.net/downloads.jsp
==See also==
 
* Review of ParaDOS in Amstrad Action (issue 99)
[[image:ParaDOS_AA_review.jpg|thumb|200px|none]]
 
* Second review (!) in Amstrad Action (last) issue 117
{|
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| [[image:Parados AA117 p17.jpg|none|thumb|200px|AA117_review]]
| [[image:Parados AA117 p18.jpg|none|thumb|200px|AA117_review]]
|}
[[category:Disc Operating System]] [[category:Expansion ROM]] [[category:Manual]]
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