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>> Datalight's ROM-DOS is still available and supported.   It offers
>> Fat32, LFN, and Emm386, though it does not have a memory "tweaker"
>> like memmaker.  A DOS internet connectivity suite is also available.
>> ROM-DOS is a true DOS and does not offer multi-tasking.  DOS extended
>> applications can be run on top of ROM-DOS to break the 640K memory
>> limitation.  You can get more information at www.datalight.com.


 PB> Just for information, I work part time (mostly retired) for
 PB> the largest retail bookstore chain in the USA.  We depend
 PB> heavily on handheld portable data terminals which can,
 PB> among other useful tasks, read barcodes on books and
 PB> communicate with a central server.  When you reboot the
 PB> terminals, you see that they are running ROM-DOS.  In that
 PB> application, single-tasking is completely adequate.  DOS is
 PB> far from dead.

 We have similar terminals where I work. Last time I looked they
 booted to DrDos. We have new ones now, I'll try to see what they
 boot up to.

 We also have touch screen displays at many machines, that give
 readouts of the functions of the machine, and many have the
 controls for the machines. They boot up to MS Dos 6.22.



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