27 Apr
2004
27 Apr
'04
10:27 a.m.
The number of disks is NOT a suitable way to differentiate between "full
install", "upgrade' and "stepup" (although the "stepup"
WAS available as a
single HD diskette, and even as a DOWNLOAD!)
Perhaps, it might be even more accurate, in identifying what it is,
to look at what is marked on the diskettes!
For those not familiar with that range of MS-DOS versions:
6.20 was revised to improve reliability, due to problems
created by SMARTDRV (and blamed on DBLSPACE) Possibly the
ONLY time that ANY MICROS~1 product was ever revised to
improve RELIABILITY
6.21 had DBLSPACE removed (as part of the $100M infringement
settlement with STAC Electronics - Bill Gates "had a bad day")
6.22 had DRVSPACE as a replacement for DBLSPACE
They were available as full-installs, as upgrades that required
presence of almost any previous version, and as [often free]
"stepups" that upgraded between minor versions (such as from
6.2x to 6.22)
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Tom Uban wrote:
My copy of DEC MSDOS 6.0 is three disks, so I would
guess so.
--tom
At 02:15 PM 4/27/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>And thusly SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com spake:
> >
> > MSDOS 6.21 3 disks
>
>Is this the entire installation? Speaking of this, does anyone have or
>know where I can get a copy of QEMM?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Bryan