X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mailnull set sender to opendos-bounces using -f Content-return: allowed Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 09:12:21 -0800 From: "Cox, Stuart SRM:EX" Subject: RE: Pc-Dos 2000 To: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2654.89) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id fBEHCUe17918 Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com 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 ······················································ 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. 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.