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Category: IBM News
Title: IBM PC DOS 6.1 Offers Reliability, Performance, Full-Featured Utilities
Notice Expires: 11/21/93
June 29, 1993
IBM's Personal Software Products Division today introduced PC DOS 6.1,
a full-featured, enhanced version of the DOS operating system that
includes valuable utilities from three industry-leading vendors.
PC DOS 6.1 is a robust product that includes utilities from
Central Point Software, Inc.** for backup, memory management and
scheduling, as well as IBM's AntiVirus technology. PC DOS 6.1 is
the only DOS to ship with pen extensions that enable the use of a
pen instead of a mouse and advanced software supporting PCMCIA
cards, through an agreement with Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
PC DOS 6.1 includes proven, award-winning data compression
technology from Addstor, Inc. Addstor's SuperStor/DS** provides
PC DOS 6.1 users with DoubleSpace-compatible real-time data
compression. PC DOS 6.1, which will be generally available
July 26, will ship with a coupon offering users a free upgrade to
the AddStor compression product. PC DOS 6.1 with compression will
be available later this year, once PSP has completed additional
integration and useability testing of SuperStor/DS.
PC DOS 6.1 uses less memory than previous versions of DOS.
PC DOS 6.1 device drivers also allow users to free up additional
lower memory by creating upper memory blocks out of unused memory
on compatible video and Expanded Memory Specification (EMS)
cards. PC DOS 6.1 has also been enhanced to perform certain
functions faster than MS DOS 6, offering significant speed
improvements when performing a wide range of common DOS functions
such as running batch files, displaying screen characters and
using ANSI commands.
IBM will fully integrate a complete version of Addstor's
SuperStor/DS into PC DOS 6.1. SuperStor/DS will run with
DoubleSpace and the Microsoft Real-time Compression Interface
specification, allowing for easy migration from DoubleSpace to
SuperStor/DS. SuperStor/DS will offer real-time data compression
that can up to double the capacity of fixed and removable disks
and includes advanced features such as password protection,
integral disk caching, enhanced memory management and support for
Universal Data Exchange**, which ensures that compressed files on
removable media can be read by a DOS system, even if compression
software is not installed.
PC DOS 6.1 also integrates full-featured utilities from Central
Point Software, including Central Point Backup** (for DOS and
DOS/Windows**), the RAMBoost** memory management utility,
Undelete and a program scheduler.
IBM's own AntiVirus utility allows PC DOS 6.1 users to scan
for, identify and eliminate over 1,400 different common viruses.
IBM's AntiVirus is a comprehensive "install-and-forget"
automatic protection package which fights computer-virus attacks
on DOS and Windows computing environments.
PC DOS 6.1 also integrates PenDOS** extensions which add
pen-enabled capabilities to many popular DOS applications, such
as spreadsheets, databases, and word processors. With PC DOS 6.1,
users can navigate most mouse-based DOS applications using a pen.
A coupon is included which allows the user to fully upgrade to
PenDOS capabilities.
Included in each box of PC DOS 6.1 is a copy of Everyday DOS
by QUE Publishing, one of the largest publishers of
computer-related books.
PC DOS 6.1 will be available July 26 at a suggested list
price of $189 for the base product and $109 for the upgrade from
a previous version of DOS. A special 90-day promotional offering
of $59.99 is available by calling 1-800-342-6672. Additional
savings are available if PC DOS 6.1 is purchased through software
dealers.
* Trademark or registered trademark of International Business
Machines Corporation
** Trademark or registered trademark of Microsoft Corp.,
Communication Intelligence Corporation, Addstor Inc.,
or Central Point Software, Inc.