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- Subject: Re: @$#^@$%# 2.04!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.013227.57654@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 01:32:27 MDT
- References: <1992Jul24.022407.26450@Armstrong.EDU> <27JUL199212420371@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov> <1992Jul30.060025.10217@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>
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- [novella deleted...]
- > of DOS. It is ridiculous that DOS 2.05 is shipping in some new
- > machines and yet DOS 2.04 is not readily available.
- > (I have an A3000 purchased in Aug 1990. I have not heard a peep
- > from C= about a ROM upgrade, although it is my understanding that
- > it was a part the purchase package. I don't even know if the A3000
- > ROM upgrades exist. Last I checked with a dealer, in April, they
- > were not yet out)
-
- Funny... I've installed the ROMs in a dozzen+ 3000's in the last few months.
- I guess it must be shipping. You know, if a dealer doesn't pre-order parts...
- they get stuck at the end of the queue. And there has been quite a demand for
- upgrades... probably more than CBM expected. The store I work at has sold out
- of upgrade kits 3 times now (they order 15-20 at a time), and several upgrades
- are allready spoken for from the next shipment. And demand seems to be rising
- here.
-
- > Compare the situation to the (BOO HISS we love to hate them)
- > IBM/MSDOS PCs and clones. At which DOS upgrades did the users need
- > to swap BIOS ROMS??? Can DOS 5.0 be run on an original IBM PC?
-
- Well, Microsoft was quoted as saying that they were going to start putting DOS
- in the BIOS soon (year or 2?). (that was sometime this spring BTW.
- In Computer ResellerNews)
- And Windows will probably follow.
- Since DOS is the most pirated / blackmarketed piece of software out there,
- the BIOS route should look very attractive.
-
- And you can allways install a ROMswitcher.
-
-
-
- James
-
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