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>>
>> > "Mike Petrie" <mike AT petrie DOT u-net DOT com> wrote:
>> > Does anyone have a list of which versions of DR/Novell/Open-DOS are Y2K
>> > compliant, including any parts that may not be whilst other parts are
>> >  (e.g.,
>> > the OS is, but utility xyz isn't because...)
>>
>> The kernel for 7.02 and above is compliant, and will (did) detect the
>> rollover while the kernel is running.  My master work at Caldera :-))
>>
>> Versions 7.01 and below -may- reset the date back to 1980 if they find it
>> is 00 (i.e. 2000).  I disabled this in 7.02 just to be sure.
>
>Thanks,
>
>I was hoping more versions would be OK. Do you know about the bundled
>utilities and transient commands too.
>
>Last time I visited the Caldera Web site I couldn't see DR-DOS mentioned,
>nor Web Spyder. Glad to hear they're still around. By the way, do you know
>if the fabled patch to allow DR-DOS to host Win9x really exists, and more
>importantly, if it does, where it can be obtained from?

The place you need to go for DR-DOS is http://www.lineo.com/ .

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