DEC Rainbows ...

From: Lawrence Walker <lgwalker_at_mts.net>
Date: Sat Feb 16 13:41:03 2002

 That's nonsense, as anyone who has had a "bow" can attest. You can
download from the fi.site but then you need Teledisk or 22 disk or:

      "Sydex, makers of 22-Disk also markets a driver utility, called
      RainDOS, which allows most DOS level machines, with either a
      80-track 1.2MB or 80-trk 720K 5.25" (TEAC FD55F for example)
      Rainbow DOS format disks.. I've used it to migrate data back &
      forth between my Rainbows, and a 486DX-33. Likewise, used it to
      initialize blank RX-50 disks ( when I'm lucky enough to find 360K
      5.25" disks.) ARJ 2.5 and PK-ZIP 2.04 both work under Rainbow
      DOS 2.1 & DOS 3.10. (especially the back-up batch included with
      ARJ's package.)"
      
      And
      
      ""And in the event that the nagging (because you haven't registered it)
      really bothers you, there is Robert Morse's driver and initialization
      programs (RX50.ZIP) that is freeware! It can be found in the SimTel
      listings under /msdos/diskutil/."
      
      Lawrence
      
> > > > What is the difference between the 100A, 100B, and 100+ Rainbows ?
> > > The 100A could read only disks that used its own proprietary format. The
> > > 100+ could read, but not write to, PC-format disks. The 100B was a
> >
> > That's a software difference, and an important one from a user standpoint, but
> > it is not a difference in the hardware.
>
> Yup, and since the MS-DOS versions are downloadable from the net at no
> charge the functionality is similar... if not identical.
>
> Bill
>
> --
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