X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mailnull set sender to opendos-bounces using -f Message-Id: <200112192025.fBJKP2j22144@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" Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 15:25:05 +0500 X-Mailer: Net-Tamer 1.13 Beta Subject: Re: Big Drives (was: Pc-Dos 2000) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by dns1.provide.net id fBJKP2j22144 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id fBJKPEW19686 Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com What is the 704-5 version? is that an update to 703 and can it be used or is it not for home use? Thanks, Mark On 2001-12-17 opendos AT delorie DOT com said: -Interesting. Have you actually tried this? I use DM to overcome -the "512M (524M) barrier" on old motherboards, but I don't have -a drive > 8G to experiment with. -If this is so, is it a feature of the "Dynamic Drive Overlay" -(ie. the special MBR) or a redirector (ie. driver)? And is this -the special DR-DOS 7.04/7.05 O/S that (IIRC) Ontrack obtained -from Lineo, or more general (ie. for normal versions of DOS)? -Joe. -> -----Original Message----- -> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 4:12 AM -> 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----- -> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 12:07 AM -> 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?EDC0382 & -> http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC9506). 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. (*Seasons-Greetings!*)