CODOS (Channel Oriented Disk Operating System) is the name of the Disk Operating System made by MTU for KIM-1, SYM-1 and AIM-65.
The DOS needs the K-1013 floppy disk controller, 8 inch disk drive(s) and optional the K-1008 Visible Memory.
CODOS V2 was the version for the MT-130/140. Lots of software is available, see the MT-130 page for manuals.
CODOS V1 is being reverse engineered from CODOS V2 by Eduardo Casino.
CODOS Manuals
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MTU APEX-65 Operating System July 1980 Very Preliminary Release 0.2: AIM |
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MTU CODOS V1.0 August 1980 |
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MTU CODOS V1 October 1980 |
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MTU CODOS V2 MTU-130 January 1982 |
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QumeTrak 842 Maintenance Manual |

CODOS V2 Disk images
- BASIC, IGL, CIL, VGL, KGL and Diskex
- Demostration Disk 1.5 1982 – MTU-BASIC Included
- Distribution Disk 1.1 – 1983 MULTI-O
- Distribution Disk 1.4 1982 – BASIC, IGL, CIL, VGL, KGL and Diskex
- Distribution Disk 1.4 1982 – CODOS 2.0 & BASIC 1.5
- Distribution Disk 1.5 1982 – CODOS 2.0
- Disk 1.7 – MTU-140 Datamover
- MTU-140 Datamover 1.7
- MTU-BASIC 1.5
- MULTI-O 1.1

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