On 13 Mar 99, Charles Dye wrote :
> There was no MS-DOS 6.1x. There was an IBM DOS 6.1, which included a
> *coupon* for SuperStor/DS (which eventually was included with IBM DOS
> 6.3.)
You are wrong, but you could still be right. I've got PC-DOS 6.1 here,
and it came with SuperStore/DS! No coupons, it came included on the
original install disks.
This is the Norwegian version though, so you could be right as far
as the US version goes. If my notes are correct the US/English version
of PC-DOS 6.1 first came out in June 1993, and version 6.3 followed in
November same year, while Norwegian ver. 6.1 have file dates of 19
November 93. In other words; the Norwegian ver. 6.1 was released about
the same time the new US ver. 6.3, which could explain why SuperStore/DS
came included with the Norwegian 6.1 but (maybe) not the US 6.1.
> As I understand it, at the time when Microsoft was telling the world
> that DoubleSpace compression was "integrated" and "built into" MS-DOS
> 6, they were also telling IBM that DoubleSpace was a competely
> separate product from MS-DOS 6, and therefore not included in IBM's
> license of Microsoft DOS source. DoubleSpace doublethink!
Doublethink and doublespeak doubles the money<g>
> (Web browser parallels left as an exercise for the student.)
Good point! To bIE or not to bIE, that's the question!
Btw: I never used SuperStore/DS. Purchased Stacker 4.0 instead
(w/upgrade 4.1 for WfW 32BFA support). Never experienced a problem with
it, no data loss at all, runs smoothly, maybe since I perform weekly
check and de-fragmentation, and monthly full re-compression. Found a
rebuild utility on Stac's site. Never used it. Assume it works
something like fdisk /mbr. To the original question that triggered this
thread, don't know if it will also rebuild a Dblspaced vol file. Only
one way to find out I guess.
Ps: Thanks for *Locate*, a real power utility! :-)
<http://www.highfiber.com/~raster/locate.zip>
For those not yet familiar with it, nice review found
here: <http://home.sprynet.com/~rlgreen/filefind.htm#locate>
All the best,
Bjorn
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