Yeah I thought about that AFTER I pressed "send"...
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Geoff Reed
-> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 5:27 PM
-> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> Subject: RE: MS/PC-DOS replacements (was: "History" of computing)
->
->
-> 4Dos is just a CCP replacement (replaces Command.com, not the
-> whole of DOS.
-> you still need to havea DOS core to run it on.)
->
-> At 06:51 AM 7/14/01 -0500, you wrote:
-> >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 - 17:39:46 BST