On 1999-06-11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Dean Dancey> said:
>I bought PC DOS 2000 from IBM because I wanted a stable, Y2K ready
>DOS platform that I was comfortable with. Tried DR/OPENDOS, was NOT
>impressed with last version. Took a chance and purchased from IBM
>CANADA. You might want to contact IBM in the US to see if they
>would offer a trial version. As for Win95 or 98, I only recently
>installed Win95 for the FIRST time on my PC. I was always more
>comfortable with DOS, and I wanted to KEEP it that way. I got
>Partition Magic, and I now have separate partitions for DOS and
>WIN95 setup so that one can't see the other!! So, it is almost
>like having 2 PC's!!! Works great for me. Hope this info helps.
At IBM's website, PC DOS 2000 lists at $60 (US) on floppies, $55 (US) on CD,
and $50 (US) for additional licenses. I'm purchasing the CD; perhaps it has
some extras on it...
I've just purchased a new notebook PC and plan on using Partition Magic to
help me divide up a 4.3GB hard drive for use with three operating systems
(Win98, Red Hat Linux 5.2 and PC DOS 2000 on a Toshiba Satellite 2535 CDS).
Although this is not exactly a SurvPC <g>, I couldn't resist the ability to
demonstrate the pros and cons of three operating systems within a convenient
mobile notebook (and at $999 -- it was the last demo machine in excellent
shape at an Office Depot store).
Partition Magic, by the way, can create native ext2 partitions used by the
Linux OS. (I've just ordered PM myself, since FIPS can't partition the new
FAT setup on these new machines -- thanks to Microsoft. Dang.)
If anyone happens to have the PC DOS 7 version, it can be upgraded for Y2K
compliance for free from IBM's website. I think it's called "Service Pak".
Jerry
Internet Montana
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