26 Jul
1998
26 Jul
'98
9:03 p.m.
Anyone tried the lastest DR-DOS by Caldera? Just curious how good it
actually is especially on older machines. Saw a write up proposing that
obsoletes may become viable resources again using DR-DOS but at present
I haven't had a chance to download the trial and run it on a 286. Im
sure someone here is deeply into it.-
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25 Jul
25 Jul
8:35 p.m.
On 27 Jul 98 at 1:03, Russ Blakeman wrote:
Anyone tried the lastest DR-DOS by Caldera? Just
curious how good it
actually is especially on older machines. Saw a write up proposing that
obsoletes may become viable resources again using DR-DOS but at present
I haven't had a chance to download the trial and run it on a 286. Im
sure someone here is deeply into it.-
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Russ Blakeman
I've got it installed on my PS/2 8580 along with OS/2 , using Boot Manager,
and I run GEM on it as well , no MSDOS. Doesn't seem any different really
from MSDOS. I haven't used it that much since
installing it tho.
It works fine with Interlink .
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com
27 Jul
27 Jul
3:55 a.m.
THX Larry. I may actually download it and give it a shot.
Lawrence Walker wrote:
On 27 Jul 98 at 1:03, Russ Blakeman wrote:
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Anyone tried the lastest DR-DOS by Caldera? Just
curious how good it
actually is especially on older machines. Saw a write up proposing that
obsoletes may become viable resources again using DR-DOS but at present
I haven't had a chance to download the trial and run it on a 286. Im
sure someone here is deeply into it.-
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Russ Blakeman
I've got it installed on my PS/2 8580 along with OS/2 , using Boot Manager,
and I run GEM on it as well , no MSDOS. Doesn't seem any different really
from MSDOS. I haven't used it that much since installing it tho.
It works fine with Interlink .
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com 
5:40 a.m.
At 01:03 27-07-98 -0500, you wrote:
Anyone tried the lastest DR-DOS by Caldera? Just
curious how good it
actually is especially on older machines. Saw a write up proposing that
Yes indeed. I installed it on one of the testbed machines here. Works
great, very fast, no incompatibilities that I can detect!
And for those who cry 'DOS is obsolete!,' let them know that DOS is very
much alive and well on VMEBus systems. ;-)
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Bruce Lane, Sysop, The Dragon's Cave BBS (Fidonet 1:343/272)
(Hamateur: WD6EOS) (E-mail: kyrrin(a)jps.net)
"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own
human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
11:15 a.m.
Bruce Lane wrote:
At 01:03 27-07-98 -0500, you wrote:
I donwloaded the trial versions for disk on all three (1.44, 1.2 and 720) today and
I'm going to give them a try on different machines. I've heard nothing but
mediocre
to great things about DR-DOS and I haven't used it personally since it was under
Digital's ownership back around 1986 and had some question of it then.
Anyone tried the lastest DR-DOS by Caldera? Just
curious how good it
actually is especially on older machines. Saw a write up proposing that
Yes indeed. I installed it on one of the testbed machines here. Works
great, very fast, no incompatibilities that I can detect! And for those who cry 'DOS is
obsolete!,' let them know that DOS is very
much alive and well on VMEBus systems. ;-)
Windows and Windows 95 still run DOS or over DOS so what's the problem? I have all
sorts of DOS platform programs I use all the time including Proboard 2.16 BBS (that
I need to reinstall) and I r un them either in straight DOS, as a DOS program with a
PIF in Windows 3.x or as a DOS box in Win95/98. They're only obsolete if no one has
a real use for them, right?
Thanks for the comments, all of you that have so far written me in open and private
replies. Very much appreciated.
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human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
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