Mail Archives: opendos/2001/12/14/12:12:54
Ontrack System's Diskmanager software gives DOS the ability to access the
whole drive when it's bigger than 8GB.
Stuart Cox
Map Generalization Technician, not
Forest Inventory and Monitoring Branch
Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management
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Phone: (250)387-5529
FAX: (250)356-9430
email Stuart DOT Cox AT gems1 DOT gov DOT bc DOT ca
View the FMIB Website at:
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/resinv/homepage.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Kanarek [mailto:rkanarek AT sprintmail DOT com]
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 12:07 AM
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Pc-Dos 2000
Greetings.
Some months ago, it seemed time to replace my old computer with a new
one. Wanting to support DOS, I purchased a copy of IBM PC DOS 2000. I
purchased it brand new from CDW. It was in stock, not special-ordered.
In fact, CDW still lists two versions of IBM PC DOS 2000
(http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=120382 &
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=159506). I can only
deduce that reports that IBM has discontinued DOS are unfounded. I
might add that I was rather disappointed by my purchase. It was quite
clear that the package hasn't been updated in years. I was also
troubled by its, or at least FDISKs, inability to make full use of
extremely large hard drives (though I'm in no position to speculate
whether there are work-arounds). Of course, if I had needed PCMCIA
drivers for my computer, and if PC DOS's PCMCIA driver's were
compatible, I might have been much happier with PC DOS. <g>
Just my two cents. Happy holidays to all!
Cordially,
Richard Kanarek
P.S. I also supported OpenDOS by purchasing a licensed copy of it some
years ago.
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