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Sounds like MSDOS will do the trick
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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DOS would fall right into the gap between the older components and the newer ones. A strange mixture.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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There are quite a few mentioned on the OSDev wiki. The LEAN fs might be worth looking at? Alternatively, there's a Simple File System, which should be... well, simple!
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
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I would suggest examining some of the operating systems that were formerly implemented on 8-bit microprocessors. For example, there is TSC-FLEX, which was implemented first on the 6800, then the 6809, and which the still-existing usergroup has successfully interfaced to PATA hard drives.
There's also the Smoke Signal Broadcasting's BFD-DOS on the same hardware, but it is harder to find info about it.
There's also OS9 from Microware of Des Moines (not to be confused with similar designations i.e. Apple products) which was on 6809 and 68000 systems.
Or you could try and implement cpm as used on the 8080/Z80.
Or you could try TRS80DOS. There were a variety of operating systems, some produced by 3rd parties, for that platform.
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I would recommend CPM for the operating system
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...Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah! Roma-roma-mamaa! I want your bad advice!
I'm sure this is going to sound completely Gaga, but I need your imaginative suggestions.
As usual, I needed an application for a given purpose, but couldn't find one I liked that could do what I wanted in the way I wanted it done. So I started rolling my own.
It's basically a tool application that does acts of unspeakble horror to PDF files (such as split, merge, add/edit/delete pages etc - Yeah I know, plenty of those around, but as I mentioned, I want to do it myself).
HOWEVA! I need a fun and catchy name for the application, something that partly describes what it does, but is also on the fun side.
Observe: I posted this in the Lounge, not the soapbox to rule out certain suggestions - So "PeDoFile Manager" for instance is out. Darn! Now I said it myself - but at least you get what I mean now, right?
So to cut to the chase: What would you call it?
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Many (very many) years ago i was working on a new mainframe system and came across the source code for a very useful print utility, called "Fang". There was a long comment section at the beginning which explained the code and how it worked etc. Then right at the end it said "I couldn't think what to call this program so I named it after my cat".
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That might work! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Charles?
iPhoney?
Bob?
Or there is
Choppah
ZombiePDF
PDFrankenstien
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: PDFrankenstien
LOL - I actually though of something similar, but a newer movie. How about PDFinator?
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Johnny J. wrote: What would you call it?
WheelReInventer?
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It was not THAT kind of sarcasm I wanted! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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All in good fun.
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Or ... you could follow Unix naming conventions: "GPQLXT" should do it ...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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CamelToe.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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This made me chuckle.
Now I will have this one image in my brain for the rest of the day.
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I'm trying to get people to spit coffee at their monitors. 
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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PDFarrrrrrr 
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Are you calling me a software pirate?
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Aye matey, that's a big compliment 
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If it is a file manager (FM) then it should be called "ArtieFM"
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WFFEE - worst file-format ever editor 
If it can convert a PDF to something like docx, then a "PDF format corrector" would be appropriate.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I gather you're not a fan... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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