X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mailnull set sender to opendos-bounces using -f Message-Id: <200112131543.fBDFhSi19335@dns1.provide.net> X-Spam-Filter: check_local AT dns1 DOT provide DOT net by digitalanswers.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: From: "Mark in Clinton TWP. MI. USA" CC: Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 10:43:33 +0500 X-Mailer: Net-Tamer 1.13 Beta Subject: Pc-Dos 2000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by dns1.provide.net id fBDFhSi19335 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id fBDFhan11638 Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Hello Bob, ABout 1 year ago I was able to order Pc Dos 2000 still from IBM and picked-up two copies at that time, (1 still unopened), and it was my understanding that support for this OS was good through 2001 but no mention after that? I would still suppose that it could be ordered from IBM this year however I've long ago misplaced the phonenumber I used however it was in the U-S and it was tole-free at the time! My copy is on 3.5 disk however cd-rom was an option at the time. If interested I would suggest anyone contact IBM sales. If necessary I believe I could dig up a part number just write back if needed and I'll see if I couldn't grab that fairly fast for whomever. I never recieved the impression that PcDos was going away just being more directed towards the non-U.S market which we all are aware is windows overdone. Mark On 2001-12-12 opendos AT delorie DOT com said: -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. I was trying to find a copy of PCDOS 7 in the stores and -no-one was selling it. At Comp USA one of the clerks told me it -was no longer being distributed, or at least they could not order -it. Somewhere I read that they were dropping all further development -on PCDOS and concentrating on OS2 WARP 4, and that one of the -reasons was payments to M$ and the other was the decline in -demand for DOS, as Windows became more popular. 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. -PCDOS 2000 was only supposed to have a few minor improvements -related to Y2K. I did not even know about it's existence until -someone on the list mentioned it. -As soon as I get some more definitive info I'll let you know. -BOB ' DOMAN ' MOSS -On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 08:58:13 +0100 "Matthias Paul" - writes: -> On 2001-12-06, Robert W Moss wrote: -> >> IBM probably won't be able to provide any patch for DOS, since -> >> they made a deal with M$ not to do any more work on DOS after -> >> PCDOS 2000. -> I havenīt heard this one yet. Bob, is this just your opinion or -> do you have some reliable source of info about this? I would be -> interested in better details if you can provide them. Thanks. -> Greetings, -> Matthias -> -- -> http://www.uni-bonn.de/~uzs180/mpdokeng.html; http://mpaul.drdos. -org > -________________________________________________________________ -GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! -Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! -Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: -http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.