FW: Dos v2.11

From: CharlesII_at_nwonline.net <(CharlesII_at_nwonline.net)>
Date: Tue Aug 11 07:51:48 1998

try setver [dos version]


CL>Why not just run... What's that DOS program that fakes out apps to make
CL>them think they are running on another version of DOS? I'm drawing a blank
CL>here, but I did use it one time to make Windows 2.03 think it was running
CL>under DOS 3.3 when it was actually running on DOS 6.0. Worked great. The
CL>command is documented in the DOS help file, 5.0 and up, IIRC.

CL>At 01:00 AM 8/11/98 GMT, kyrrin_at_jps.net wrote:
CL>> Can anyone help this fellow obtain a most ancient version of DOS?
CL>>Please contact him directly if so.
CL>>
CL>> Thanks!
CL>>
CL>>-=-=- <snip> -=-=-
CL>>
CL>>On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:07:07 +0100, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc you wrote:
CL>>
CL>>>>From: Alun <AJB_at_alunbell.demon.co.uk>
CL>>>>Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
CL>>>>Subject: Dos v2.11
CL>>>>Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:07:07 +0100
CL>>>>Organization: None
CL>>>>Message-ID: <McHCtNALbzz1EwkT_at_alunbell.demon.co.uk>
CL>>>>NNTP-Posting-Host: alunbell.demon.co.uk
CL>>>>X-NNTP-Posting-Host: alunbell.demon.co.uk:158.152.226.160
CL>>>>X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 902772436 nnrp-09:18077 NO-IDENT
CL>alunbell.demon.co.uk:158.152.226.160
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CL>>>>Path:
CL>blushng.jps.net!news.eli.net!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.c
CL>om!205.252.116.205!howland.erols.net!woodstock.news.demon.net!demon!news.dem
CL>on.co.uk!demon!alunbell.demon.co.uk!AJB
CL>>>>
CL>>>>Anyone got a copy? I'm happy to pay for it! I need it desperately to
CL>>>>rescue a customer whose PC2086 and software has died. They are a
CL>>>>veterinarians, and their drug labelling software only runs on this
CL>>>>version of DOS (seriously!). I'm rewriting it all, but there's thousand
CL>>>>of drugs to enter, and until I'm done, they really need their old
CL>>>>software to run on a spare machine.
CL>>>>--
CL>>>>Alun
CL>>
CL>>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
CL>>Bruce Lane, Sysop, The Dragon's Cave (Fido 1:343/272)
CL>>http://table.jps.net/~kyrrin -- also kyrrin [A-t] Jps {D=o=t} Net
CL>>Spam is bad. Spam is theft of service. Spam wastes resources. Don't spam,
CL>period.
CL>>I am a WASHINGTON STATE resident. Spam charged $500.00 per incident per
CL>Chapter 19 RCW.
CL>>
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Received on Tue Aug 11 1998 - 07:51:48 BST

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