SE>Interesting comments  regarding Geoworks and DR-DOS.
SE>We all know that if you try really hard it is still
SE>possible to buy Geoworks Ensemble. But what about
SE>DR-DOS? Is it still available?
If you need a copy of DR-DOS6.0, I've got one I'll sell you. Includes
compression, defragger, etc.  Everything MS-DOS 6.x had, except it was
years sooner!
Personally, I don't like the DIR command. It's like the old DOS DIR,
where as MS-DOS 6.x has the DIRCMD environment variable and can do it in
lower case.  It has a built in 'DOSKEY' that can do macros, so you
can fake the DIRCMD.  Or alias DIR to some external dir command.  Been
quite a while, so I don't remember the details. I know that may be 'nit
picking', but the DIR command is the one you use most, and I was already
used to something else.  Of course, if you already use Norton's NDOS, or
4DOS, then it doesn't matter.
One thing that bothered me, is that DR-DOS 6.0 reports itself as DOS 3.3
(I think.)  I've since found a small TSR that will return any version
number you want, (sort of like MS-DOS's setver, except this always
returns that version number, rather than with just particular programs).
Some programs today check for at least DOS 5.x, even though they don't
do anything that wouldn't be possible on DOS 3.x or 4.x.
The config.sys can do menus and can chain to other 'config.sys' programs
of your choice.  (MS-DOS can't do that!).
It uses SuperStor compression, which I used to find quite reliable.  The
only problems I ever had with it were directly related to the programs I
was testing, rather than SuperStor.
It has a fairly decent shell program, which I never used, so I don't
know much about it.
It had a bit of multi-tasking ability, although certainly not as
extensive as DesqView or such.
Somewhere or other I've also got various tech notes and updates for it,
too.
I used to run GEOS Write 1.x with it.  Don't have 2.x, so I can't say
how well it works.  I used to like the WYSIWYG, but I couldn't find
fonts or clip art for it.
The disks are 720k disks, in case you need to know.
I don't know what a good price for it would be.  I'm absolutely terrible
on pricing things.  But, if you are interested in it, how about $25,
including shipping in the U.S.?
Carey Bloodworth
1601 North Hills Blvd.
Van Buren, AR 72956-2152
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