From c41211f3a64c2bc1111ea512ed187824c16b8fdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Parsons Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 14:50:17 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Updated READMEs --- disks/pc/os2/misc/cpdos/87007/README.md | 9 ++++++--- disks/pc/os2/misc/football/87058/README.md | 9 +++++---- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/disks/pc/os2/misc/cpdos/87007/README.md b/disks/pc/os2/misc/cpdos/87007/README.md index 182775798..2f86393c0 100644 --- a/disks/pc/os2/misc/cpdos/87007/README.md +++ b/disks/pc/os2/misc/cpdos/87007/README.md @@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ OS/2 SIZZLE Boot Disk (v7.68.18) --- This disk contained a pre-1.0 version of OS/2 built on January 7, 1987, which was based on an interim -source code fork known as "SIZZLE", the code-name for a collection of changes intended to improve overall -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. +source code fork known as **SIZZLE**, the code-name for a collection of changes intended to improve overall +OS/2 performance. + +Work on **SIZZLE** started around November 1987, and an internal specification known as +"The London Performance Spec" drove some of that work, but at this point, not much is known about either the +contents of that specification or any of the **SIZZLE** changes. When this disk boots, the following message is displayed on-screen: diff --git a/disks/pc/os2/misc/football/87058/README.md b/disks/pc/os2/misc/football/87058/README.md index 767189d75..9e62df14d 100644 --- a/disks/pc/os2/misc/football/87058/README.md +++ b/disks/pc/os2/misc/football/87058/README.md @@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ machines: OS/2 FOOTBALL Boot Disk (v7.68.17) --- -This disk contained a prototype version of OS/2 from February 1987, code-named **FOOTBALL** (aka **PIGSKIN**). -It predated the completion of OS/2 1.0 by some eight months. +This disk contained a prototype version of OS/2 from February 1987, code-named **FOOTBALL** +(aka **PIGSKIN**). It predated the completion of OS/2 1.0 by some eight months and was based on the +[SIZZLE](/disks/pc/os2/misc/cpdos/87007/) fork, which started around November 1987. -See the original [Design Document](#design-document) describing the **FOOTBALL** prototype. +Below is an original [FOOTBALL Design Document](#football-design-document) describing the **FOOTBALL** prototype. Most of the work on this prototype occurred between December 1, 1986 and February 28, 1987, with the principal goal of demonstrating multiple DOS applications running in V86-mode to BillG; that demo probably occurred in March 1987. @@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ Under PCjs, the kernel crashes shortly thereafter. This issue is still under in CPGREP EXE 25286 10-21-86 9:08p 31 File(s) 549888 bytes free -Design Document +FOOTBALL Design Document --- The following text is from an email titled "3xBox Design Document" sent to the