SMS2
Encyclopedia
SMS2 was a computer operating system
developed for the Atari ST
by Tony Tebby
, the designer of the Qdos
operating system for the Sinclair QL
personal computer
. SMS2 evolved from Qdos but was not intended to provide full Qdos compatibility.
Later, Tebby developed SMSQ and SMSQ/E
, which added Qdos (and SuperBASIC
) compatibility and ran on various QL-emulating and Atari platforms.
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
developed for the Atari ST
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...
by Tony Tebby
Tony Tebby
Tony Tebby is probably most famous for designing Qdos, the computer operating system used in the Sinclair QL personal computer, whilst working as an engineer at Sinclair Research in the early 1980s...
, the designer of the Qdos
Sinclair QDOS
QDOS is the multitasking operating system found on the Sinclair QL personal computer and its clones...
operating system for the Sinclair QL
Sinclair QL
The Sinclair QL , was a personal computer launched by Sinclair Research in 1984, as the successor to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum...
personal computer
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
. SMS2 evolved from Qdos but was not intended to provide full Qdos compatibility.
Later, Tebby developed SMSQ and SMSQ/E
SMSQ/E
SMSQ/E is a computer operating system originally developed in France by Tony Tebby, the designer of the original QDOS operating system for the Sinclair QL personal computer. It began life as SMSQ, a QDOS-compatible version of SMS2 intended for the Miracle Systems QXL emulator card for PCs. This was...
, which added Qdos (and SuperBASIC
SuperBASIC
SuperBASIC was an advanced variant of the BASIC programming language with many structured programming additions. It was developed at Sinclair Research by Jan Jones during the early 1980s. Originally SuperBASIC was intended for a home computer, code-named SuperSpectrum, then under development...
) compatibility and ran on various QL-emulating and Atari platforms.