Joel Gathercole wrote in a message to George Batalias:
 JG>     I use the DOS called Novell DOS 7.0.. the netware
 JG> software isn't that  great.. byut it gets you started up on
 JG> your feet.. it's not  expensive..actaully it was given to me
 JG> so I don't know the price of this DOS.. well Novell it is a
 JG> great networking dos..but not a good os..  
What started out as Digital Research DOS became Novell DOS, and is now 
Caldera OpenDOS.  You can find out more information at 
"http://www.caldera.com/dos/", where you can download a free evaluation copy. 
 Downloading is also possible by FTP from 
"ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/opendos/".  The current released version is 7.01.
Note especially that Caldera OpenDOS is absolutely free, not just for 
evaluation, if used in educational or non-profit settings.
Caldera is more widely known for their OpenLinux, based on Red Hat Linux.  It 
is an interesting bit of trivia that Caldera's principal backer is Ray 
Noorda, who used to run Novell.  He bought Digital Research when he was at 
Novell, and then bought its product lines -- including DR DOS/Novell DOS and 
CP/M -- from Novell while running Caldera.
 JG>     put the Novell DOS on your 486... use Novell... try and
 JG> install it also on your WIN95.. (I never really got it to
 JG> work perfectly.. with WIN95).. but you  can always use the
 JG> Novell DOS or any other DOS on your pMMX. :) On my 4 pcs 
 JG> I've managed to use PCDOS with Novell DOS NETWARE on all of
 JG> them... 2  486dx4/100's, 486dx/40, and my 386sx/25.
You need version 7.02 of Caldera OpenDOS, currently in beta, to run with 
Windows 95.  This is also downloadable from the Caldera web site.
 
-- Mike
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