Editing Data General RDOS (section)

==Overview==
RDOS is capable of [[Computer multitasking|multitasking]], with the ability to run up to 32 tasks (similar to the current term [[Thread (computing)|threads]]) simultaneously on each of two [[Process (computing)|grounds]] ([[Foreground-background|foreground and background]]) within a 64&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KB]] memory space. Later versions of RDOS are compatible with Data General's [[16-bit]] Eclipse minicomputer line.<ref name="FrostDunlap1983">{{cite book|author1=Sidney W. Frost|author2=James C. Dunlap|title=Automated law office systems: a survey of today's tools and techniques|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NzA8AQAAIAAJ|year=1983|publisher=West Pub. Co.}}</ref>

A cut-down version of RDOS, without real-time background and foreground capability but still capable of running multiple threads and multi-user [[Data General Business Basic]], is called Data General Diskette Operating System<ref name="Enterprise1975">{{cite journal |title=Data General Adds Diskette System |journal=Computerworld  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZBOeYXRzQG4C&pg=PA18|date=9 July 1975|publisher=IDG Enterprise|pages=18–|issn=0010-4841}}</ref> (DG-DOS or now—somewhat confusingly—simply DOS); another related operating system is RTOS, a Real-Time Operating System for diskless environments.  RDOS on [[Data General Nova#microNOVA|microNOVA]]-based "Micro Products" micro-minicomputers is sometimes called DG/RDOS.<ref>{{cite book|title=Trade Cases|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d15sAAAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Commerce Clearing House}}</ref>

RDOS was superseded in the early 1980s by Data General's [[Data General AOS|AOS]] family of operating systems, including AOS/VS and MP/AOS (MP/OS on smaller systems).

===Commands===
The following list of [[command (computing)|commands]] are supported by the RDOS/DOS CLI.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_dgsoftwareCommandLineInterpreter_21045936/page/n5 RDOS/DOS Command Line Interpreter User's Manual]</ref>

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* [[ALGOL]]
* [[append|APPEND]]
* [[Assembly language|ASM]]
* [[BASIC]]
* BATCH
* BOOT
* BPUNCH
* BUILD
* CCONT
* CDIR
* CHAIN
* CHATR
* CHLAT
* CLEAR
* CLG
* COPY
* CPART
* CRAND
* CREATE
* DEB
* [[del (command)|DELETE]]
* DIR
* DISK
* DUMP
* EDIT
* ENDLOG
* ENPAT
* EQUIV
* EXFG
* FDUMP
* FGND
* FILCOM
* FLOAD
* [[Fortran|FORT]]
* [[Fortran|FORTRAN]]
* FPRINT
* GDIR
* GMEM
* GSYS
* GTOD
* INIT
* LDIR
* LFE
* [[Ln (Unix)|LINK]]
* LIST
* LOAD
* LOG
* MAC
* MCABOOT
* MDIR
* MEDIT
* MESSAGE
* MKABS
* MKSAVE
* MOVE
* NSPEED
* OEDIT
* OVLDR
* PATCH
* POP
* [[PRINT (command)|PRINT]]
* PUNCH
* RDOSSORT
* RELEASE
* [[ren (command)|RENAME]]
* REPLACE
* REV
* RLDR
* SAVE
* SDAY
* SEDIT
* SMEM
* SPDIS
* SPEBL
* SPEED
* SPKILL
* STOD
* SYSGEN
* TPRINT
* TUOFF
* TUON
* [[TYPE (DOS command)|TYPE]]
* VFU
* XFER
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