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echo: geoworks
to: CHRIS SALLEK
from: SAM EWALT
date: 1996-06-18 22:14:00
subject: Drdos6.0

Hello Chris!
You wrote:
->   Yes and no. It was superceded by Novell DOS v7 when Novell
-> bought DR-DOS from Digital Research (DR). Novell DOS has since
-> been discontinued, even technical support. However, it is some-
So that leaves us with MS-DOS from Mr. Bill and PC-DOS
from IBM still available and supported.
Is there any advantage to using PC-DOS with Geos? I know that
PC-DOS 7 has a much smaller footprint than MS-DOS 6.22 and
supposedly niftier utilities. Any advantage for Geoworkers?
And on an historical note didn't Mr. Bill buy DOS from
Digital after he had started negotiations with IBM to
provide them with the operating system for the PC?
Regards,
        Sam Ewalt
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