Time for a blog post

_posts/2014-12-04-os2-10.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ As an added bonus, the Model 5170 machines feature two serial ports, with COM1 c
 mouse and COM2 connected to the **Control Panel** output window.
 
 Once you've booted the [OS/2 1.0 Debugger Boot Disk](/disks/pc/os2/misc/1.0/88286/) from the assortment of
-[Other OS/2 Disks](/disks/pc/os2/misc/), you can click on the **Control Panel** output window, press Ctrl-C, and
+[OS/2 Prototype Disks](/disks/pc/os2/misc/), you can click on the **Control Panel** output window, press Ctrl-C, and
 find yourself magically transported into the OS/2 Kernel Debugger.  The **Control Panel** display is functioning
 as both the output window for all PCjs messages and PCjs Debugger commands, as well as a serial input/output device
 (aka "Dumb Terminal") for any software inside the machine communicating via COM2: in this case, the OS/2 Kernel Debugger.

_posts/2016-01-23-unearthing-os2.md

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+layout: post
+title: Unearthing OS/2
+date: 2016-01-23 14:00:00
+category: OS/2
+permalink: /blog/2016/01/23/
+---
+
+Before OS/2 was named **OS/2** by IBM on April 2, 1987 (as part of IBM's "Divide By Two And Conquer" initiative),
+OS/2 was known variously as **CP-DOS**, **MT-DOS**, **DOS5**, or **ADOS**.  Or, when referring to 80286-only and
+80386-only versions: **286DOS** and **386DOS**.
+
+And then there were all the early codes-names, like **SIZZLE**, **PIGSKIN**, and **FOOTBALL**, which were little-known
+projects to help improve and/or shape the direction that OS/2 was headed.
+
+To shed some light on those efforts, I recently added a small collection of early (mostly pre-1.0) OS/2 boot disks
+that provide a glimpse of what early OS/2 builds looked like.
+
+More details are available in [OS/2 Prototype Disks](/disks/pc/os2/misc/).
+
+*[@jeffpar](http://twitter.com/jeffpar)*  
+*January 23, 2016*

disks/pc/os2/misc/1.0/88286/README.md

@@ -81,4 +81,4 @@ sources used to build these binaries.
 	       34 file(s)     765785 bytes
 	                      437760 bytes free
 
-Return to [Other OS/2 Disks](/disks/pc/os2/misc/).
+Return to [OS/2 Prototype Disks](/disks/pc/os2/misc/).

disks/pc/os2/misc/README.md

@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 ---
 layout: page
-title: Other OS/2 Disks
+title: OS/2 Prototype Disks
 permalink: /disks/pc/os2/misc/
 ---
 
-Other OS/2 Disks
+OS/2 Prototype Disks
 ---
 
+Below are some interesting pre-1.0 (or 1.0-based) OS/2 revisions we have unearthed.  They provide an early glimpse
+of OS/2 when it was still a work-in-progress.  Not all of the disks run properly in PCjs yet, but we're working on it.
+
 ### OS/2 CP-DOS Boot Disk (v7.68)
 
-The [OS/2 CP-DOS Boot Disk (v7.68)](/disks/pc/os2/misc/cpdos/86295/) contained a pre-1.0 version of OS/2
+The [OS/2 CP-DOS Boot Disk (v7.68)](/disks/pc/os2/misc/cpdos/86295/) contained a pre-1.0 version of OS/2 built on
-(aka **CP-DOS** or **MT-DOS** or **ADOS** or **286DOS**) built on October 22, 1986.
+October 22, 1986.
 
 ### OS/2 FOOTBALL Boot Disk (v7.68.17)
 
@@ -27,8 +30,8 @@ it was originally assigned version number 1.3, this version of OS/2 would ultima
 ### OS/2 SIZZLE Boot Disk (v7.68.18)
 
 The [OS/2 SIZZLE Boot Disk (v7.68.18)](/disks/pc/os2/misc/cpdos/87007/) contained a pre-1.0 version of OS/2
-(aka **CP-DOS** or **286DOS** or **DOS5**) built on January 7, 1987, which was based on an interim source code fork
+built on January 7, 1987, which was based on an interim source code fork known as "SIZZLE", the code-name for a
-known as "SIZZLE", the code-name for a collection of changes intended to improve overall OS/2 performance.
+collection of changes intended to improve overall OS/2 performance.
 
 ### OS/2 SIZZLE Boot Disk (v7.68.18 DEBUG)
 

disks/pc/os2/misc/cpdos/86295/README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ machines:
 OS/2 CP-DOS Boot Disk (v7.68)
 ---
 
-This disk contained a pre-1.0 version of OS/2 (aka **CP-DOS** or **MT-DOS** or **ADOS** or **286DOS**)
+This disk contained a pre-1.0 version of OS/2 (aka **CP-DOS** or **MT-DOS** or **ADOS** or **286DOS** or **DOS5**)
 built on October 22, 1986, with a few files (IBMDOS.COM and NLS.EXE) apparently rebuilt on October 23, 1986.
 
 When this disk boots, the following message is displayed on-screen:
@@ -263,4 +263,4 @@ A directory listing of this disk is provided [below](#directory-of-os2-cpdos-boo
 	      175 file(s)    1143816 bytes
 	                       17920 bytes free
 
-Return to [Other OS/2 Disks](/disks/pc/os2/misc/).
+Return to [OS/2 Prototype Disks](/disks/pc/os2/misc/).

disks/pc/os2/misc/cpdos/87007/README.md

@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ machines:
 OS/2 SIZZLE Boot Disk (v7.68.18)
 ---
 
-This disk contained a pre-1.0 version of OS/2 (aka **CP-DOS** or **286DOS**) built on January 7, 1987, which was
+This disk contained a pre-1.0 version of OS/2 built on January 7, 1987, which was based on an interim
-based on an interim source code fork known as "SIZZLE", the code-name for a collection of changes intended to improve
+source code fork known as "SIZZLE", the code-name for a collection of changes intended to improve overall
-overall OS/2 performance.  An internal specification known as "The London Performance Spec" drove some of this work,
+OS/2 performance.  An internal specification known as "The London Performance Spec" drove some of this work,
 but neither the contents of that specification nor the details of any SIZZLE changes are known at this point.
 
 When this disk boots, the following message is displayed on-screen:
@@ -90,4 +90,4 @@ A directory listing of this disk is provided [below](#directory-of-os2-sizzle-bo
 	       43 file(s)    1111545 bytes
 	                       88576 bytes free
 
-Return to [Other OS/2 Disks](/disks/pc/os2/misc/).
+Return to [OS/2 Prototype Disks](/disks/pc/os2/misc/).

disks/pc/os2/misc/cpdos/87007/debug/README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ machines:
 OS/2 SIZZLE Boot Disk (v7.68.18 DEBUG)
 ---
 
-This disk contained a *DEBUG* pre-1.0 version of OS/2 (aka **CP-DOS** or **286DOS**) built on January 7, 1987, and
+This disk contained a *DEBUG* pre-1.0 version of OS/2 built on January 7, 1987, and
 it is largely identical to the [OS/2 SIZZLE Boot Disk (v7.68.18)](/disks/pc/os2/misc/cpdos/87007/), with
 the exception of a debug kernel (with built-in debugger) and a different assortment of tools. 
 
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@ A directory listing of this disk is provided [below](#directory-of-os2-sizzle-bo
 	       51 file(s)    1179667 bytes
 	                       19456 bytes free
 
-Return to [Other OS/2 Disks](/disks/pc/os2/misc/).
+Return to [OS/2 Prototype Disks](/disks/pc/os2/misc/).

disks/pc/os2/misc/football/87058/README.md

@@ -357,4 +357,4 @@ The following text is from an email titled "3xBox Design Document" sent to the
 	    MapIn foreground 3xBox;
 	    Dispatch interrupt;
 
-Return to [Other OS/2 Disks](/disks/pc/os2/misc/).
+Return to [OS/2 Prototype Disks](/disks/pc/os2/misc/).

disks/pc/os2/misc/football/87357/README.md

@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ A directory listing of this disk is provided [below](#directory-of-os2-football-
 	       33 file(s)     776910 bytes
 	                      427008 bytes free
 
-Return to [Other OS/2 Disks](/disks/pc/os2/misc/).
+Return to [OS/2 Prototype Disks](/disks/pc/os2/misc/).