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Microsoft Introduces MS-DOS 6 Page 1
(more)
Microsoft News Release
Microsoft Canada Inc.
Marc Camm or Alec Saunders
(416) 568-0434 ext. 4086 or 4068
CMN, Creative Marketing Network
Susan Taylor or Mary Sturgeon
(416) 539-0694
For Immediate Release
Microsoft Doubles Your Disk Space with MS-DOS 6
New version features easy-to-use memory management,
new backup and anti-virus protection
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. March 30, 1993 Microsoft Canada Inc.
today introduced the next generation of its MS-DOS operating
system software software which is currently used in
approximately ninety-five per cent of the world's personal
computers.
New MS-DOS 6 solves common computer problems, such as full
hard disks and memory management, safely and easily by
doubling a PC's available disk space, freeing conventional
memory, protecting data from viruses and accidental
deletions, increasing performance and much more. MS-DOS 6
was designed not only to benefit MS-DOS users, but to be a
dramatic enhancement for Microsoft Windows users as well.
As of March 31, the MS-DOS 6 upgrade will be available from
resellers across Canada at a suggested promotional price of
$59.99 until May 31, and for a suggested retail price of
$155.95 thereafter.
"In 1991, lack of conventional memory was the most common
user problem, and MS-DOS 5 addressed it head-on. Now,
because of the popularity of the Windows operating system
and the rise of portable computing, tight disk space is the
biggest user problem. MS-DOS 6 addresses that problem
directly by tightly integrating compression with the
operating system to make it safe and easy. That tight
integration make MS-DOS 6 unique among desktop operating
systems," said Brad Silverberg, vice president of personal
systems at Microsoft Corporation.
"In addition, MS-DOS 6 was designed from the beginning to
support users of Windows. Key features such as DoubleSpace,
SmartDrive and Backup were all designed to integrate with
Windows and provide those users with the same benefits of
doubled disk space, more safety and better performance."
"We have received wide-spread support from many of our
industry partners," said Marc Camm, systems group product
manager for Microsoft Canada. "All of the top 400 PC makers
have demonstrated intent to ship the new software with their
products."
Sales momentum has been building in anticipation of this
announcement. According to Alec Saunders, MS-DOS product
manager for Microsoft Canada, orders have already been
placed for more than 250,000 units in Canada.
Benefits Include Integrated Compression and Easy-to-use
Memory Management
MS-DOS 6 offers a wide range of new enhancements. Key
features include the following:
DoubleSpace integrated compression. With files and
applications growing in size, even today's larger hard
disks are easily filled. DoubleSpace, which can double
the capacity of the average hard disk, works
automatically and transparently a boon for the Windows
userCompression results may vary depending on system
configuration. . Because it is integrated with MS-DOS,
DoubleSpace is the easiest and safest way to increase
disk space. It spares users the problems typically
associated with compression, such as drive-letter
swapping and the need to continuously synchronize system
files; MS-DOS 6 is alone among desktop operating systems
in providing this tight integration. DoubleSpace even
recovers automatically if the power accidentally goes off
while it is in the middle of compressing a user's disk.
Easy-to-use memory management. MS-DOS 6 dramatically
improves on the memory management introduced in MS-DOS 5
so that users have more room to run their applications.
MemMaker, a memory optimization program, is easy enough
for anyone to use and provides up to 100K more
conventional memory than MS-DOS 5.
In addition, EMM386, the upper memory provider, has been
enhanced to provide more upper memory for programs.
Backup for MS-DOS and Backup for Windows. The new
Backup provides an easy way for users to protect their
data, and it comes in both a full-screen MS-DOS version
and a Windows version. Higher speed, file compression,
support for different backup types and many other new
features make the new Backup a great improvement. Backup,
as well as Defrag, is licensed from Symantec Corporation.
Anti-Virus for MS-DOS and Windows. Anti-virus
protects against viruses that can damage data. Like
Backup, it comes in both a full-screen MS-DOS version and
a Windows version, and can detect more than 800 different
viruses as well as clean infected files and provide
resident virus protection. Anti-virus as well as
Undelete, is licensed from Central Point Software, Inc.
Undelete for MS-DOS and Windows. Undelete lets users
recover accidentally deleted files. Greatly enhanced from
MS-DOS 5, Undelete now features a Windows interface and
also adds an additional level of protection, Delete
Sentry, which significantly improves the chance of
recovering a deleted file, even on a network drive.
Improved SmartDrive. Caching, which stores commonly
used files in memory, speeds hard disk access. The
enhanced, high-performance Smartdrive cache of MS-DOS 6
greatly improves performance by write-caching in addition
to the read-caching offered in the SmartDrive of MS-DOS
5. The improved SmartDrive was also designed to integrate
tightly with both Windows and DoubleSpace compression.
Defrag. System performance slows as files fragment,
that is, as parts of files are stored in locations
scattered across the hard disk and it takes more time for
the file to be assembled and retrieved for use. By moving
all parts of a file to a contiguous location, Defrag
boosts hard disk performance. And because it's designed
for MS-DOS 6, Defrag can invisibly clean up uncompressed
disks as well as compressed DoubleSpace drives.
Multi-configuration support. MS-DOS 6 lets users
choose from multiple configurations when starting their
systems and is ideal for users of portable machines with
docking stations. Users can also use clean start to
bypass both CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT during systems
start-up, or they can execute selected portions of these
files using interactive start.
Other features. MS-DOS 6 also includes Interlink, a
file-transfer utility, a full-screen on-line help system
that documents every command and device driver in full,
and new MOVE, DELTREE and CHOICE commands.
Utilities Vendors to Provide Add-on Products for MS-DOS 6
"MS-DOS 6 with DoubleSpace has made it practical for us to
develop the new Norton Utilities 7.0 with full data recovery
and disk optimization on MS-DOS 6 compressed volumes," said
Rod Turner, Symantec's vice president of the Peter Norton
Group. "We expect tremendous end-user demand for these new
features."
"We are proud that Microsoft standardized on our Anti-Virus
technology for inclusion in MS-DOS 6," said Chuck
Boesenberg, president and CEO of Central Point Software.
"And we think MS-DOS 6 is a great opportunity for us to
reach new users."
Broad Retail and PC Manufacturer Distribution Now Underway
Like MS-DOS 5, this latest version of MS-DOS is being
distributed in two forms. The MS-DOS 6 upgrade installs only
on systems that already have MS-DOS 2.11 or higher or on
OS/2. The MS-DOS 6 Upgrade is available in multiple-user
configurations including, for the first time, a retail three-
user pack. All promotional pricing will be in effect until
May 31, 1993.
MS-DOS 6 for new MS-DOS users is available only through PC
manufacturers for purchase along with new computer systems.
It is available for license either in a base configuration,
which includes all features except DoubleSpace, Backup and
Anti-Virus, or in the base configuration plus enhanced
tools, which includes all features and is expected to be the
most popular configuration choice of PC manufacturers and customers.
MS-DOS 6 and the MS-DOS 6 upgrade are available immediately
in Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian,
Spanish, and Swedish, and are scheduled to be available
within 30 days in Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Portuguese.
Product support options include customer support at 1-800-
563-9048; technical support at (416) 568-3503; as well as
bulletin board service via Microsoft Canada's download
service at (416) 507-3022; and the Microsoft Institute MS-
DOS 6 Video Training System.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ "MSFT") is the worldwide
leader in software for personal computers. The company
offers a wide range of products and services for business
and personal use, each designed with the mission of making
it easier and more enjoyable for people to take advantage of
the full power of personal computing every day.
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MS-DOS, Microsoft and the Microsoft logo are registered
trademarks and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft
Corporation.
All pricing is listed in $CDN.