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- From: rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! : )
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.182653.23119@wam.umd.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec28.201454.20862@microsoft.com> <1992Dec29.194318.27886@spang.Camosun.BC.CA> <1992Dec30.140240.6978@tc.cornell.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 18:26:53 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.140240.6978@tc.cornell.edu> bai@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec29.194318.27886@spang.Camosun.BC.CA> dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker) writes:
- >
- >>And if the fact that DRDOS's emulation is imperfect because of
- >>information held back by Mircrosoft?
-
-
- To clear up this issue, DRDOS 6.0 has no flaws in it's
- "emulation" of MSDOS. I have programs that will not run
- under DOS5 that run under DRDOS6 (granted, every single
- one of them is an ancient utility from the days of my 8088)
- . The problem with MS windows 3.1 was two fold:
-
- 1. The memory manager (*only* the emm386.sys manager, NOT
- Hidos.sys) had problems dealing with 3.1, just like most
- others (including DOS5's, which Win31 stealth-replaced).
-
- 2. The Windows setup program looked for an unused identification
- bit that has no bearing on functionality, but is used to identify
- MSDOS (as opposed to DRDOS 3.x---> ).
-
- 3. There was, withing 24 hours of the Win3.1 release, a patch
- that fixed all of these problems made available on the DRDOS
- BBS and on Compuserve. It filtered onto local boards within a month.
-
-
- >I have had some installation problems in the past when I tried to
- >install IBM OS/2 ver. 1.3 on a fully-compatible IBM clone. Should
- >I conclude that IBM conspired against the clone-makers ?
-
-
- In fact, yes. One of the reasons IBM/MS had so much trouble
- hawking OS/2 was the fact that IBM, since they couldn;t manage
- to compete in actual hardware or performance, was trying to
- use OS/2 as a leverage to push it's machines back into
- the marketplace by refusing to help clone owners or
- resolve problems that could have been fixed with a simple patch
- or two. As far as IBM was concerned, OS/2 was for PS/2's and
- nothing more.
-
-
- >>--
- >>Real: Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept., Camosun College, Victoria B.C.
- >>Email: (dbarker@spang.camosun.bc.ca)
- >>Phone: +1 604 370 4452
- >
- >Dov
-
-
- --
- Blaming society for your problems is like blaming clouds for rain.
- --- Boycott == censorship == cowardice ---
- Do I even need to point out that my views do not represent
- those of my employer, institution or relations?
-