20 Jan
2003
20 Jan
'03
6:01 a.m.
Lawrence
I'm just tall enough to be shrinking again... 'Happens when ya gets
"over
the hill..." Anyways, what would the package be
worth to you? And,
does
it have the manuals? (BTW: Are you related to Gen.
Curtis LeMay?)
Cheers!
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: <lemay(a)cs.umn.edu>
To: <cctech(a)classiccmp.org>
Cc: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 06:01 PM
Subject: Re: DOS 3.20
> Well, I have an IBM DOS 3.30 right here. Still in its original
shrinkwrap.
Just how tall
are you?
-Lawrence LeMay
lemay(a)cs.umn.edu
> I believe DOS 3.20 is what I was looking for. It came as original
software
> > for a Packard Bell 386/12T (don't remember the specific model name),
I
> > used the accompanying book to teach myself DOS programming -- back in
> > 1991... The system had dual floppies (both sizes), a small hard
drive,
no
is
> sound except for the system speaker, and one
of the first mass
production
> .25 dpi monitors. I paid through the nose
for the system at the time,
but
> I'd likely give an arm and a leg for
that old DOS manual...
>
> Cheers!
>
> Ed
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
> To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 08:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Old (5.25") PC software
>
>
> > On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Ed Tillman wrote:
> > > I dunno about these, but would anyone happen to have a copy of DOS
2.x
> or
> > > 3.x (2.3 and/or 3.2 maybe) on 3.5 disks, nd with the accompanying
user
> text
> > > book? Some of the information in those old texts is still
applicable,
> but
> > > can't be found anywhere...
> >
> > There ain't no sech thing as 2.3
> >
> > 2.xx was only available with 3.5" support in specially modified
versions
> > for certain specific brands of machines
(usually in version 2.11).
Even
> > > the disk format isn't standardized on those.
> > >
> > > 3.20 (internally it thinks that it is three point twenty, NOT two),
the
> > first version that includes 3.5"
support (720K) without special
machine
> > specific modifications.
> >
> > 2.11 and 3.31 are only available in versions that were intended for
> > specific machines. 'Course in most cases, the only thing that is
> > different is the code in MODE.COM, and sometimes FORMAT.
> >
> > If you have a machine with specific peculiarities, 3.31 is the hot
setup.