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Welcome to the Shareware version of X-DOS 5.0.
X-DOS 5.0 is a complete replacement for MS-DOS or DR-DOS 5.0.
It is a self bootable single user, single tasking Disk
Operating System compatible with MS-DOS up to version 5.0.
Existing applications running on MS-DOS will run on X-DOS. All
utilities and commands available in MS-DOS are also existing
in X-DOS.
This version of X-DOS 5.0 is for evaluation only and contains
some limitations as far as its features and what you can do
with it.
The shareware version has all the basic features of the
professional version less the advanced memory management
modules such the capacity to load DOS in High Memory Area, the
EMS driver for 386 machines, the tools to load device drivers
and TSRs in the Upper Memory Blocks and the possibility to
relocate buffers in XMS or expanded memory. Also the cache
facility of X-DOS has been disabled.
This version is provided to you by HBS directly or one of its
distributors or through Bulletin Board Systems or through
computer clubs or friends. It will be distributed to you
either free of charge or at low cost depending on the media if
sold through distributors. It consists only of a diskette that
contains the DOS itself and the manual named XDOSMAN.ZIP. You
can print out this file directly on any dot matrix or laser
printer or view its contents on your screen by using the TYPE
command or by loading it in your word processor.
If you have obtained this evaluation copy of X-DOS, it is
probably because you are curious about what X-DOS 5.0 is. If
so, we strongly encourage you to carefully read the manual
since, though X-DOS is very compatible with the MS-DOS
commands, there are many features available in X-DOS not
available in other DOS's which you might not be aware of at
first glance. Also, some commands already existing in MS-DOS
have been greatly improved and offer several modes of
operation ...
X-DOS also comes in one version that can either be booted from
Disk or from ROM. If you have any interest in the ROM version,
you can contact HBS directly to obtain a copy of the ROMKIT
utility in order to generate a ROM X-DOS.
How to Contact HBS :
If you need assistance, have suggestions, or more simply wish
to talk to us, the easiest way for you is to use Compuserve
and leave us a message via the Compuserve Mail system. Our
Compuserve number is : 101400,502.
If you do not have access to Compuserve, you wiil need to
rely on more tradiatioanl methods : Fax, Tel, Mail ... But
before check your location, as we have offices both in the
States and Asia.
In US and Canada : Hitech Business Software
P.O Box 1052
Cambridge, MA, 02238-1052, USA
Tel : 1-(617)-783-0878
Fax : 1-(617)-787-7804
In Asia : Hitech Business Software
11F-10, No 87, Chung Hsiao East Road, sec 4
Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
Tel : 886-2-7819851
Fax : 886-2-7414076
First Steps for installing X-DOS 5.0
You should obtain three files containing all the X-DOS binary
files and manual files. XDOS??-1.ZIP and XDOS??-2 contain
the X-DOS system files and all the utilities. XDOSMAN.ZIP
contains the X-DOS manual.
You should first Unzip these 3 files in a subdirectory of your
disk, say named X-DOS. Then FROM THAT SAME DIRECTORY run the
INSTALL program. As X-DOS is no ordinary software, it needs a
bootable media to start. First try it on a diskette. Put a 1.2
Mb diskette in drive A and tell INSTALL to install X-DOS on
that diskette (you will need 2x360K diskettes to install X-
DOS). The INSTALL program will guide you through the
procedure. Once INSTALL in finished, your target media is a
bootable MS-DOS compatible diskette.
If you wish to install X-DOS on your hard disk, you should be
aware that X-DOS does not destroy the MS-DOS system files
(IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS) so it is easy to re-SYS MS-DOS back to
your hard disk. Also X-DOS supports all MS-DOS partitions
including extended partitions and partitions above 32Mb as
well as DISK MANAGER and SPEEDSTOR without any other drivers.