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From: "John T Ross" <johnross AT gci DOT net>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Combining DR-DOS 7.03 with OEM DR-DOS 7.05 to gain LBA capabilities
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 17:41:25 -0800
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On 9/23/02 Matthias Paul wrote:

> What do you mean by DR-DOS 7.03B or 7.03C? Since you still
> use the 7.03 IBMDOS.COM file, the DOS kernel (BDOS) would
> not change in any way.

When I installed DR-DOS 7.03 on my laptop, and typed VER at the
command prompt, the OS reports it's DR-DOS 7.03b. I don't recall
anymore about the verbage. Whether it stated Caldera, Lineo, or
Digital Research. I no longer have DR-DOS 7.03 installed on that
particular drive. I was having problems with not enough memory
when loading drivers for my PCMCIA drive.
 
We discussed this once before in private e-mail wherein you asked me
for the dates of certain files in the program. I believe you told me I
had the latest version of those files installed.

If you peruse this site, http://www.opus.co.tt/dave/index.htm ,
under Alternative DOSes you'll also find a link to Lineo DR-DOS
7.03b that launches into Florian Xaver's www.drdos.org .

Anyways, I took another look at your article, Caldera OpenDOS - A
fresh breeze in DOS technology, at
http://www.uni-bonn.de/~uzs180/opendeng.html . From the information
there I determine there will not be any new releases or updates to
DR-DOS 7.03. My hinting for a version 7.03c was inappropriate.

It appears the next step would be Caldera's OpenDOS 7.02. In simple
layman's terms what does it do that DR-DOS 7.03 doesn't?

Yours,
 
John