DOS 3.20

From: lemay_at_cs.umn.edu <(lemay_at_cs.umn.edu)>
Date: Sun Jan 12 17:58:17 2003

Well, I have an IBM DOS 3.30 right here. Still in its original shrinkwrap.
Just how tall are you?

-Lawrence LeMay
 lemay_at_cs.umn.edu

> 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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