Mail Archives: opendos/2000/05/27/11:31:34
I'm just now perusing that directory, and while old versions of DR-DOS are
there, not ALL of these old versions are there; except for the Caldera
versions, the ZIP files only contain the kernel and sys.com; none of the
other utilities needed for daily use (FDISK, FORMAT, etc) are there.
> From: "Glenn McCorkle" <glennmcc AT cisnet DOT com>
> Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 23:57:11 -0500
> In case you didn't know...
> All of the old versions of DR-DOS (including the kernel files for 6.0),
> are still available for D/L from Lineo.
>
> To refresh everyone's memory, this is a repost of my message to this
> list dated Thu, 09 Mar 2000
>
> ---begin repost---
> Original-Subject: future of Dr-DOS
>
> Yes, let's hope that they do decide to GPL the SRC code.
> (including all of the utilities)
> In the mean time, here's what's still available for download from Lineo.
>
> Directory listing of ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/devsup/drdos/
> 24549 Oct 12 23:34 diskcopy.com
> 6212696 Oct 12 23:34 dr702.exe
> 6243908 Oct 12 23:34 dr703.exe
> 61732 Oct 12 23:34 drdos331.zip
> 62658 Oct 12 23:34 drdos332.zip
> 62807 Oct 12 23:34 drdos333.zip
> 61143 Oct 12 23:34 drdos334.zip
> 61488 Oct 12 23:34 drdos335.zip
> 62506 Oct 12 23:34 drdos340.zip
> 64666 Oct 12 23:34 drdos341.zip
> 68781 Oct 12 23:34 drdos341b.zip
> 64868 Oct 12 23:34 drdos341t.zip
> 69352 Oct 12 23:34 drdos50.zip
> 70687 Oct 12 23:34 drdos50b2.zip
> 70042 Oct 12 23:34 drdos50b3.zip
> 80838 Oct 12 23:34 drdos60.zip
> 87628 Oct 12 23:34 novldos7.zip
> 85387 Oct 12 23:34 novldos7b3.zip
> 6007761 Oct 12 23:34 od701.exe
>
> In addition, I have the SRC code for....
> IBMBIO.COM, IBMDOS.COM and COMMAND.COM (OpenDos v7.01)
> (the license agreement allows for redistribution of the unaltered zip file)
> If anyone would like a copy of dossrc.zip
> Just say the word and I'll eMail it to you as soon as possible.
>
> On Thu, 9 Mar 2000 18:34:43 -0500 (EST), Matthew W. Miller wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Florian Xaver wrote:
>
> >> Lyle Ball (Vice President, Marketing Communications of Lineo) wrote me an
> >> interesting mail about the future of Dr-DOS. Please look at
> >> www.freedos.org
>
> > [ namely, that they are ceasing development, of course ]
>
> > All right, everyone start chanting, "GPL! GPL! GPL!"
>
> > --
> > Matthew W. Miller -- mattm AT infinet DOT com
>
> ---end repost---
>
> I've just now checked it..... (it's all still there)
>
> On Fri, 26 May 2000 20:35:07 -0400, Chad Fernandez wrote:
>
> > 5/26/00 8:28:25 PM
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I have a used retail box of DRDOS 6.0 on 3.5" floppies. I bought it used off
> of
> > Ebay a year or so ago, but don't want it anymore. So I
> > thought I would offer it here, for the cost of shipping. I am in the US, so
> if
> > you are overseas it might be expensive or extremely slow in
> > getting to you.
>
> > Chad Fernandez
> > Michigan, USA
>
> --
> Glenn McCorkle glennmcc AT cisnet DOT com North Jackson, Ohio, USA
> DOS prog. for QV cameras http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/qvplay.html
> Other stuff http://public.webbox.com/glennmcc1974 AT webbox DOT com/
> Arachne, The Web Browser for DOS
> Open the 'DOOR' to the WWW. Keep the 'windows' closed.
> http://arachne.browser.org/ http://arachne.cz/
>
>
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