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to: bob klahn
from: Mike Tripp
date: 2009-11-10 08:20:06
subject: expand.exe

Hello bob!

01 Nov 09 18:14, bob klahn wrote to MIKE TRIPP:

 bk>  Only Xtree is reincarneted for 32 bit as Ztree. Is Q-dos still
 bk>  around in any form?

I think the early versions were shareware/trialware...and recall eating LD
charges to call the Gazelle Systems BBS in Utah to get it.  By the time DOS
5 came out, due to the FAT changes, you had to upgrade from Q-DOS 2 to
Q-DOS 3 which was strictly retail, but with a guarantee that they'd take it
back and buy you the file manager of your choice if you didn't like
it.

I googled around for a bit and found a few hits on abandonware sites that
either had dead links or required registration...so no easy link to paste.

The author ended up losing Gazelle Systems as a condition of his divorce
settlement, and his ex kept it running for a while without producing any
new versions or products.  He started PowerQuest a few years later and
produced Partition Magic.

.\\ike

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