DOS 3.20

From: Ed Tillman <ETILLMAN_at_satx.rr.com>
Date: Mon Jan 20 14:01:01 2003

> Lawrence
>
> I'm just tall enough to be shrinking again... 'Happens when ya gets
"over
> the hill..." Anyways, what would the package be worth to you? And,
does
> it have the manuals? (BTW: Are you related to Gen. Curtis LeMay?)
>
> Cheers!
>
> Ed
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
> To: <cctech_at_classiccmp.org>
> Cc: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 06:01 PM
> Subject: Re: DOS 3.20
>
>
> > 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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