There was DrDos and 4Dos (also known as Norton NDos) as well. 4Dos I
remember well as I still use it regularly on my old 5150 PC.
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of R. D. Davis
-> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 11:29 PM
-> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> Subject: MS/PC-DOS replacements (was: "History" of computing)
->
->
->
-> Speaking of MS-DOS or PC-DOS, how many here recall using improved
-> MS-DOS replacements, overlays or "environments?" For example,
-> Wendin-DOS
-> and it's UNIX-like and VMS-like emulation, or such multi-tasking and
-> multi-user envorinments that ran on top of MS/PC-DOS such as VMiX?
->
-> I remember first using VMiX to attach terminals to PeeCees as well as
-> using this with a second monitor - I had both a Hercules color VGA
-> card as well as a Hercules monochrome graphics adapter in the system
-> and used both displays at one time. Sometimes VMiX would work and I
-> could run my BBS (using the QuickBBS software) while also doing other
-> things with the system. Alas, I never sent in the registration fee
-> for VMiX and hence never got the full technical details/documentation,
-> etc. that would have supposedly made it more useful. Did anyone here
-> ever register it and get that info.?
->
-> This reminds me... I've got to figure out how to write a program
-> to extract
-> all of the old messages from the QuickBBS database files and save them as
-> text files.
->
-> Getting back to Wendin-DOS, I understand that it's creator ended up
-> being sucked into Microsoft as an employee. Does anyone know how many
-> small companies that could have been good competetion got sucked up
-> that way into the black hole known as Microsoft?
->
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Received on Sat Jul 14 2001 - 06:51:42 BST