Unlike the case of the 1541 and 1571, the low-level disk format used by the 1581 is similar enough to the MS-DOS format as the 1581 is built around a WD1770 FM / MFM floppy controller chip.

Unlike most PC clones, several Tandy 1000 computers had MS-DOS built into ROM and could boot in a few seconds.

Unlike the Macintosh, the GEM Desktop was based on top of DOS ( MS-DOS, DOS Plus or DR DOS on the PC, GEMDOS on the Atari ), and as a result the actual display was cluttered with computer-like items including path names and wildcards.

Unlike most BASIC implementations of this period, Turbo Basic was a full compiler which generated native code for MS-DOS.

Unlike the versions that ran on MS-DOS, the Amiga version ( published in Autumn 1993 ) cannot be installed on a hard drive ; Amiga users have to swap floppy disks at several points of the game while playing it.

Unlike MS-DOS, PC-MOS / 386 is optimized for the Intel 80386 processor ; however early versions will run on any x86 computer.

Unlike bony fish, there is no direct control of the pigment cells by the nervous system, and this results in the colour change taking place more slowly than happens in fish.

Unlike ethanol, methanol is extremely toxic: As little as 10 ml can cause permanent blindness by destruction of the optic nerve and 30 ml ( one fluid ounce ) is potentially fatal.

Unlike conventional auctions, bids are non-refundable ; if one player bids 65 for psyche and another wins with a bid of 66, then the character with 66 is " superior " to the character with 65 even though there is only one bid difference.

Unlike pure metals, most alloys do not have a single melting point, but a melting range in which the material is a mixture of solid and liquid phases.

Unlike beta decay, alpha decay is governed by the interplay between the nuclear force and the electromagnetic force.

Unlike gingerbread (), which is sweetened with honey, Printen are sweetened with sugar.

Unlike the other Ainu clans currently living in Russia, there is considerable doubt whether the Nakamura clan of Kamchatka should be identified as Northern Kurils Ainu, Southern Kurils Ainu or as Kamchatka Ainu.

Unlike his translation of the Pastoral Care, Alfred here deals very freely with his original and though the late Dr. G. Schepss showed that many of the additions to the text are to be traced not to Alfred himself, but to the glosses and commentaries which he used, still there is much in the work which is solely Alfred's and highly characteristic of his style.

Unlike mainstream medicine, CAM often lacks or has only limited experimental and clinical study ; however, scientific investigation of CAM is beginning to address this knowledge gap.

Unlike individual groups, the GSO is not self-supporting and maintains a small salaried staff.

Unlike the typical hijackings of land vehicles or ships, skyjacking is not usually committed for robbery or theft.

Unlike McCaffrey's black crystal transceivers, Le Guin's ansibles are not mated pairs: it is possible for an ansible's coordinates to be set to any known location of a receiving ansible.

Unlike Pentecostals, Evangelicals and Fundamentalists generally do not believe that physical healing is within the anointing.

Unlike that, the speed of light is constant and only its direction changes.

Unlike in Hindu and Jain sources, in ancient Buddhist texts ahimsa ( or its Pāli cognate ) is not used as a technical term.

Unlike the IEEE, however, the ACM is solely dedicated to computing.

Unlike a conventional tank water heater, the tank is filled only when there is sunlight.

Unlike the police and security forces, the Army and the People's Militia is organized along Soviet / Chinese models and precepts.

Unlike a sacrifice bunt, which may be scored if a runner advances from any base to any base, a sacrifice fly is only credited if a runner scores on the play.

Unlike in soccer, the convention in rugby is for the home side to accommodate its guests when there is a clash of kit.

Unlike later feces, meconium is composed of materials ingested during the time the infant spends in the uterus: intestinal epithelial cells, lanugo, mucus, amniotic fluid, bile, and water.

Unlike large limestone areas such as Florida, Cuba, and the Yucatan Peninsula, or the Bahamas, which is a small island group composed of coral and sand, St. Lucia is a typical Windward Island formation of volcanic rock that came into existence long after much of the region had already been formed.

Unlike human teeth, which are composed mostly of enamel on the portion of the tooth outside of the gum, whale teeth have cementum outside the gum.

Unlike those of vertebrates, however, these are composed of a thickened basement membrane extending from the epidermis, and they are not homologous.

Unlike many civil law countries which have some courts on which panels of judges with nearly equal status composed of both legally trained professional judges and lay judges who lack legal training and are not career judges, the United States legal system ( like most Anglo-American legal systems ) makes a clear distinction between professional judges and laymen involved in deciding case who are jurors who are part of a jury.

Unlike higher animals and plants which have readily recognizable male and female counterparts, Basidiomycota ( except for the Rust ( Pucciniales )) tend to have mutually indistinguishable, compatible haploids which are usually mycelia being composed of filamentous hyphae.

Unlike the margi Nritta composed of the Karanas, the adavus do not convey any rasa.

Unlike xylem ( which is composed primarily of dead cells ), the phloem is composed of still-living cells that transport sap.

Unlike many expansion franchises that invest in the future with a team composed entirely of young players, Charlotte stocked its inaugural roster with several veterans in hopes of putting a competitive lineup on the court right away.

Unlike his earlier days, when he played works in progress at gatherings of The Five, Balakirev composed in isolation.

Unlike most other materials, an instrument composed of beryllium copper will maintain a consistent tone and timbre for as long as the material resonates.

Unlike most national anthems, few of which were composed by renowned composers, the state anthems were composed by some of the best Soviet composers, including world-renowned Gustav Ernesaks ( Estonia ), Aram Khatchaturian ( Armenia ), Otar Taktakishvili ( Georgia ) and Uzeyir Hajibeyov ( Azerbaijan ).

Unlike the two " silent " pilots before it, The Muppet Show series incorporated its own laugh track onto the show, but in a completely different manner ; because the variety program was modeled after vaudeville, oftentimes the viewers would be treated to glimpse of the theater audience and their reactions to The Muppets ' antics on stage ( though the audience was composed of Muppet characters as well ).

Unlike the Creation-born, who have a fixed, definite shape and form within the pattern of created things, Fair Folk are entities composed of Essence unadulterated with form, and thus they are without much constancy.

Unlike the earlier bare metal / white tail, liveries worn by BEA aircraft, the new livery featured a dark-blue tail with a prominent display of part of the Union flag in the shape of an arrow that symbolised an aircraft ( composed of a fuselage with swept wings ) on each side.

Unlike the mainland Chinese counterpart, which is exclusively composed of institutes in the natural sciences, Taiwan's Academia Sinica covers three major academic divisions:

Unlike the clouds on Earth, however, which are composed of crystals of ice, Neptune's cirrus clouds are made up of crystals of frozen methane.

Unlike the Space Shuttle, whose solid rocket boosters expended chemical wastes during launch, VentureStar's exhausts would have been composed of only water vapor, since VentureStar's main fuels would have been only liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.

Unlike the first six regular divisions of the B. E. F., a third of whose strength was made up of regular reservists, the 7th Division was composed entirely of serving regulars, which gave rise to its nickname The Immortal Seventh.

Unlike the strip mall, this is usually composed of a single building surrounded by a parking lot that contains multiple shops, usually " anchored " by one or more department stores ( Gruen and Smith 1960 ).

Unlike " families " or " federations " of Churches formed through the grant of mutual recognition by distinct ecclesial bodies, the Catholic Church considers itself a single Church (" one Body ") composed of a multitude of particular Churches, each of which, as stated, is an embodiment of the fullness of the one Catholic Church.

Unlike regional legislative bodies – Legislative Assemblies and City Councils -, the Congress is bicameral, composed of the Federal Senate ( the upper house ) and the Chamber of Deputies ( the lower house ).