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Date:	Sun, 16 Dec 2001 00:24:13 -0800
Subject:	Re: PCDOS 2000 (was configuring sound card)
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From:	Robert W Moss <domanspc AT juno DOT com>
Reply-To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com

Sorry Jim, subject should be changed to PCDOS 2000. 		
We have wandered far from the original subject 
and are now on a thread discussing what happened 
to IBM's PCDOS , or lack of further development of 
same.

On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 11:27:02 -0800 (PST) Jim Stevenson
<jims AT eos DOT arc DOT nasa DOT gov> writes:
> Is there something about sound cards in the below that I can't find?
> 
> If you must quote me, please put your comments first.
> 
> I have already listened to mine.
> I read email with speech.
> So it is not possible to scroll past the quotes without listening to 
> them again,
> to quickly get to the new information.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> On 2001-12-13 Robert W Moss wrote:
> 
> > I am checking with my daughter, who works at IBM.  I don't recall 
> > specifically when I heard/read about this, but it was back in 1998 
> > or 1999.
> 
> This would surely be interesting, if you can find out.
> 
> > Of course they did release PCDOS 2000, but AFAIK it was only 
> available
> > on the Web site and never sold in stores, and I never heard of it 
> being 
> > installed on any OEM PC's, at least not around here in California.
> 
> I also havenīt seen a retail issue of PC DOS 2000 yet, however,
> I have heard that it continues to be widely distributed with new
> PCs as Vobis OEM version at least here in Germany (when you donīt
> want Windows), but I havenīt checked Vobis recently myself.
> I also have seen it listed in some ads.
>   
> > PCDOS 2000 was only supposed to have a few minor improvements 
> > related to Y2K.
> 
> Yes, thatīs true, PC DOS 2000 is nothing but PC DOS 7.00 revision 1
> and probably almost identical to the Y2K FixPak for PC DOS 7.0.
> 
> > As soon as I get some more definitive info I'll let you know.  
> 
> That would be great. Thanks.
> 
>  Matthias
> 
> -- 
> 
> <mailto:Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>; <mailto:mpaul AT drdos DOT org>
> http://www.uni-bonn.de/~uzs180/mpdokeng.html; http://mpaul.drdos.org
> 
> 
> 
> 
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