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| − | '''FAT8''' (Original 8-bit FAT; a variety of FAT, which stands for File Allocation Table) is a simple filesystem with limited capabilities. The "8" refers to the number of bits in table entries. This was the original version of FAT created at Microsoft for use with versions of [[BASIC]] that had built-in disk support; it was then adopted by Tim Patterson of Seattle Computer Products, who adapted it into [[FAT12]] for use in his disk operating system that eventually got licensed to Microsoft (and in turn to IBM) as PC-DOS / [[MS-DOS]]. | + | '''FAT8''' (Original 8-bit FAT; a variety of [[FAT]], which stands for File Allocation Table) is a simple filesystem with limited capabilities. The "8" refers to the number of bits in table entries. This was the original version of [[FAT]] created at Microsoft for use with versions of [[BASIC]] that had built-in disk support; it was then adopted by Tim Patterson of Seattle Computer Products, who adapted it into [[FAT12]] for use in his disk operating system that eventually got licensed to Microsoft (and in turn to IBM) as PC-DOS / [[MS-DOS]]. |
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
* [[wikipedia:File Allocation Table#Original 8-bit FAT|Wikipedia]] | * [[wikipedia:File Allocation Table#Original 8-bit FAT|Wikipedia]] | ||
| + | * [https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/27228/do-any-fat8-filesystem-images-survive Do any FAT8 filesystem images survive?] which links to a couple of example FAT8 disk images ([https://archive.org/details/ToshibaT100PersonalComputerTDISKBASICVersion101982 Toshiba T100 Personal Computer T-DISK BASIC (Version 1.0) (1982)] and [https://winworldpc.com/download/7922cb9c-c2aa-c592-7311-c3a5c28f1352 Microsoft BASIC-80 5.26 (10-27-1983, Alphatronic; incorrectly labelled by WinWorld as CPM-80)] | ||
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FAT8 (Original 8-bit FAT; a variety of FAT, which stands for File Allocation Table) is a simple filesystem with limited capabilities. The "8" refers to the number of bits in table entries. This was the original version of FAT created at Microsoft for use with versions of BASIC that had built-in disk support; it was then adopted by Tim Patterson of Seattle Computer Products, who adapted it into FAT12 for use in his disk operating system that eventually got licensed to Microsoft (and in turn to IBM) as PC-DOS / MS-DOS.
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- Wikipedia
- Do any FAT8 filesystem images survive? which links to a couple of example FAT8 disk images (Toshiba T100 Personal Computer T-DISK BASIC (Version 1.0) (1982) and Microsoft BASIC-80 5.26 (10-27-1983, Alphatronic; incorrectly labelled by WinWorld as CPM-80)
