From: MORRIS JP <jpmorris AT csm DOT uwe DOT ac DOT uk>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:14:18 GMT
Message-Id: <199701271014.KAA03753@milly>
To: ptdawson AT voicenet DOT com
Subject: [opendos] Re: [OpenDOS] hot.virtual-pc.com WORKS!
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> From owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Mon Jan 27 02:33:36 1997
> Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 21:06:26 -0500 (EST)
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> From: "Paul T. Dawson" <ptdawson AT voicenet DOT com>
> Subject: [opendos] [OpenDOS] hot.virtual-pc.com WORKS!
> 
> Hi everybody,
> 
> Well, I tried and tried to get OpenDOS from the web page, and it just kept
> fizzling out after 700K or so. But *then* I got on this list, and read a
> message from: <rm AT Fh-Worms DOT DE>... who said to try:
> 
>         http://hot.virtual-pc.com/~calderag/download/
> 
> YES!!! That one really works. It took about an hour, since I just have a
> klunky 14.4, but it all came through on the first try. The file (dod701.exe)
> unpacked ok, and I installed it on my old 386 - no problems! 8-) I have to
> wait a while before I try it on the 486 - but at least I have the files here!

By GOD, does it work!!!  I just downloaded 5 whole megabytes in around 15
seconds flat (over academic lan :-) I've never seen that happen before...