IBM PC-DOS or Micro$oft MS-DOS? I have the PC-DOS 3.20 manual.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Tillman
Sent: Sat 1/11/2003 8:36 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Cc:
Subject: DOS 3.20
I believe DOS 3.20 is what I was looking for. It came as original
software
for a Packard Bell 386/12T (don't remember the specific model name), and
I
used the accompanying book to teach myself DOS programming -- back in
1991... The system had dual floppies (both sizes), a small hard drive,
no
sound except for the system speaker, and one of the first mass
production
.25 dpi monitors. I paid through the nose for the system at the time,
but
I'd likely give an arm and a leg for that old DOS manual...
Cheers!
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 08:55 PM
Subject: Re: Old (5.25") PC software
> On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Ed Tillman wrote:
> > I dunno about these, but would anyone happen to have a copy of DOS
2.x
or
> > 3.x (2.3 and/or 3.2 maybe) on 3.5 disks, nd with the accompanying
user
text
> > book? Some of the information in those old texts is still
applicable,
but
> > can't be found anywhere...
>
> There ain't no sech thing as 2.3
>
> 2.xx was only available with 3.5" support in specially modified
versions
> for certain specific brands of machines (usually in version 2.11).
Even
> the disk format isn't standardized on those.
>
> 3.20 (internally it thinks that it is three point twenty, NOT two), is
the
> first version that includes 3.5" support (720K) without special
machine
> specific modifications.
>
> 2.11 and 3.31 are only available in versions that were intended for
> specific machines. 'Course in most cases, the only thing that is
> different is the code in MODE.COM, and sometimes FORMAT.
>
> If you have a machine with specific peculiarities, 3.31 is the hot
setup.
>
>
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