Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 18:04:28 +0200
From: Matthias Paul <Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Subject: Re: latest versions of dos?
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
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On Tuesday, April 01, 2003 3:51 PM, Jim Stevenson wrote:

> What are the latest versions of all the currently available doss?

MS-DOS 6.22             - not available any more
                          (last stand-alone DOS from Microsoft)
MS-DOS 8.0 (Windows ME) - not recommendable, go for MS-DOS 7.10
                          (Windows 98 SE) instead. Both support
                          LBA and FAT32.
                          No longer available from Microsoft, but
                          you may still find it in stores if you
                          search for it a little.

PC DOS 2000             - still commercially available from IBM
                          (this version is PC DOS 7.0 revision 1),
                          very recommendable as "a better MS-DOS
                          6.22", but rather costy, unfortunately.

PC DOS 7.1              - only available to IBM OEMs, not to
                          end-users. Supports LBA and FAT32
                          (AFAIK not based on Microsoft's implementation,
                          hence there are significant differences
                          compared to MS-DOS 7.10).

DR-DOS 7.03             - still commercially available from
                          DeviceLogics, Inc.
DR-DOS 7.04/7.05 & 7.06 - various OEM versions, not available
                          to end-users, support LBA and FAT32.
(DR-DOS 8.0)            - announced by DeviceLogics, Inc. for 2003,
                          not yet available.

FreeDOS                 - still beta, but free and with full source
                          code. Don't know what's the current
                          version right now... Anyone?
                          Recent versions support LBA and FAT32.

There are more DOSes on the market (PhysTechSys PTS-DOS 2000,
Paragon's PTS-DOS 32, Datalight ROM-DOS, General Software
Embedded DOS), but right now, I'm not up to date in regard
to their latest versions.

Hope it helps,

 Matthias

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