23 Aug
2000
23 Aug
'00
4:16 a.m.
The model 2000 used 96TPI DD ("720K") 5.25" drives. As such, it had a
divergent disk format. It is physically possible for those to read 360K,
but I don't know whether RS provided appropriate software patches to do
so.
The OS for it would PROBABLY be a version of either MS-DOS 1.25 or 2.11
(which were versions of MS-DOS that explicitly supported/promoted
deviations from PC-DOS). IO.SYS and MODE.COM (and maybe FORMAT.COM) will
be different from what is in ANY other manufacturer's version of 2.11.
RS was PROUD of the differences between the 2000 and the IBM PC. It
showed that it was NOT just a wannabe clone, and that RS was too stupid to
understand the lethal consequences of incompatibility.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com