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- IBM DOS Version 5.00 and Upgrade
-
- IBM DOS Version 5.00 is the single-task operating system of choice for the IBM
- Personal Computer, Personal System/2 (PS/2), and the Personal System/55 (PS/55)
- families and is compatible with the Personal System/1 (PS/1). This version of
- IBM DOS provides the capability on most systems for significantly more
- application memory space than on many previous versions of IBM DOS. It offers
- an enhanced menu-based user interface, improved memory management, improved
- performance and improved functions. A new IBM DOS Version 5.00 Technical
- Reference is available separately.
-
- IBM DOS Version 5.00 Upgrade is the full IBM DOS Version 5.00 product at a
- significantly reduced price. Installation specific programs allow and aid end-
- users with a prior version of IBM DOS (Version 2.1 or higher) to upgrade to IBM
- DOS Version 5.00 on their system hard disk.
-
- Planned Availability Dates:
-
- * June 11, 1991 - IBM DOS Version 5.00 and Upgrade
- * August 5, 1991 - IBM DOS Version 5.00 Technical Reference
-
- HIGHLIGHTS
- * Application space increased
- * Performance improved
- * Ease of use in installation, user interface and upgrade improved
- * New and improved DOS commands, programs and utilities
- * Supports old/new systems and options
- * Interfaces (compatibility) maintained
- * More system memory
- * IBM support Via Corrective Service Diskettes
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- USER PRODUCTIVITY
-
- INCREASED APPLICATION SPACE: IBM DOS Version 5.00, the tenth release of IBM's
- Disk Operating System (DOS), has more functions and is easier to use, and it is
- smaller and faster than its predecessors. In response to customer demand for
- more application space, IBM DOS Version 5.00 reverses the DOS memory growth
- trend. Through utilization of High Memory Area (HMA) and Upper Memory Blocks
- (UMBs), IBM DOS Version 5.00 can provide significantly more application space in
- the 640KB conventional memory area than previous versions of DOS. It
- effectively reduces DOS size to below that of DOS Version 3.30 in conventional
- memory. HMA is available on systems 80286 or greater processor and 1MB of
- memory. UMB is available on systems with 80386 or greater processor.
-
- IMPROVED PERFORMANCE: The EMM386 Expanded Memory Manager in IBM DOS Version
- 5.00 significantly increases teh Expanded Memory Support (EMS) performance for
- IBM DOS Version 5.00 customers. In addition, EMM386 allows parts of DOS, device
- drivers and other programs to be relocated into Upper Memory Blocks of the
- reserve area (640K-1MB). This ability also makes more conventional memory
- available to other applications for performance improvements. Conflicts with
- EMS support and extenders is removed through incorporation of Virtual Control
- Program Interface (VCPI) in EMM386.
-
- Improved hard disk performance can be achieved through the use of the IBM DOS
- Version 5.00 disk caching program SMARTDRV. Systems with more than 1MB of
- memory should utilize a disk caching program to achieve optimum hard disk
- performance.
-
- Note: XMA2EMS is not shipped with IBM DOS Version 5.00 The EMS options for
- 80286 systems ship EMS drivers or XMA2EMS compatible with IBM DOS Version 5.00.
-
-
- Note: SMARTDRV is an alternative to the IBMCACHE program shipped with some PS/2
- systems. Only one cache program should be used in a system. The end-user
- should replace IBMCACHE with SMARTDRV. IBMCACHE does not use extended memory
- according to XMS (the eXtended Memory SPecification) and may conflict with IBM
- DOS Version 5.00 or with Microsoft Windows.
-
- IMPROVED EASE OF USE: The IBM DOS Version 5.00 Shell has an improved interface,
- which operates similar to Microsoft Windows and the OS/2 Presentation Manager.
- The IBM DOS Version 5.00 user can manage programs, view the directory structure
- of any disk, view the contents of several directories, and navigate through
- files and directories quickly. A limited (SUSPENS/RESUME) application task
- switcher - task swapper- is provided in the shell that supports multiple
- applications.
-
- Note: The task swapper in IBM DOS Version 5.00 does not suspend and swap
- terminate and stay resident (TSRs) programs. Some asynchronous communications
- programs, local area network (LAN) support programs, and mainframe terminal-
- emulation programs or other programs of this type do not run correctly with task
- the task swapper. Using them with the task swapper amy cause a system to be
- disconnected from the mainframe session and cause data loss.
-
- Installation of IBM DOS Version 5.00 is easier and faster. A new setup program
- is provided with online HELP, which guides the user through each step of the
- setup process and provides help whenever it is needed.
-
- NEW and IMPROVED DOS COMMANDS, PROGRAMS and UTILITIES : New and improved DOS
- commands/programs provide more usability, flexibility and reliability for IBM
- DOS Version 5.00 customers.
-
- * New online help for IBM DOS commands through the /? parameter of each
- command or via HELP.
-
- * The ATTRIB command allows changing of the system and hidden file
- attributes in addition to the read-only and archive attributes.
-
- * The COMP command containes switches for different display modes and can
- compare a given number of lines of two files, even if the files are of
- different sizes
-
- * Improvements in the DIR command include options to search all subdirec-
- tories for files, sorting output, searching by attributes, listing file
- names only, bytes-free information and more readable wide output.
-
- * The DISKCOPY command contains an optional switch which causes a write
- verify to be performed.
-
- * The new DOSKEY terminate and stay resident program provides command line
- recall and edit capabilities. DOSKEY can also be used to create macros
- that contain one or more IBM DOS commands.
-
- * EDIT is a new, easy-to-use full-screen IBM DOS editor that allows the
- end-user to create, edit, save and print ASCII text files.
-
- Note: EDLIN continues to be shipped with IBM DOS Version 5.00.
-
- * The new EXPAND command expands a compressed IBM DOS Version 5.00 file.
-
- * The new FC command compares two files and displays the difference.
-
- * The FIND command has an added option to provide non-case-sensitive
- searches.
-
-
- * The FORMAT command automatically (unless the/U switch is specified)
- saves information neede for the UNFORMAT command (safe formatting).
- A quick formatting option, /Q, can speed up the format process. On
- newer systems that provide diskette drives with media sensing support
- FORMAT determines the media capacity of the unformatted diskettes and
- automatically formats the media to that capacity (unless the end-user
- specifies otherwise).
-
- Note: Diskettes should not be formatted to sizes other than the size
- specified for that diskette. Possible data loss may occur.
-
- * The GRAPHICS command offers more printer types and provides for VGA
- graphics display modes.
-
- * The new LOADHIGH command loads a program into the upper memory area.
- DEVICEHIGH= in CONFIG.SYS loads device drivers into the upper memory
- area. Loading a program or device driver into the upper memory area
- leaves more romm in conventional memory for other programs.
-
- * The MEM command displays memory allocated to device drivers and programs
- loaded into Upper Memory Blocks.
-
- * The new MIRROR command loads a terminate-and-stay resident deletion
- tracking program that saves information for one or more disks. The
- UNFORMAT and UNDELETE commands can use this information to restore a
- reformmated disk or to recover a deleted file.
-
- * QBasic is a new and improved basic interpreter for IBM DOS Version 5.00.
- It reads instructions written in BASIC and interprets them into
- executable computer code. It includes extensive online help.
-
- Note: BASICA programs will not run with QBasic. In order to run a
- BASICA program with QBasic, the BASICA program must be saved in ASCII
- mode. Some BASICA commands may also require changes.
-
- Note: A new BASICA is shipped with IBM DOS Version 5.00. This new
- version of BASICA is compatible with previous versions of BASICA shipped
- with previous versions of IBM DOS.
-
- * RAMDRIVE replaces the VDISK program shipped with prior versions of IBM
- DOS and provides like function. It creates a random-access memory (RAM)
- disk in the system's RAM to simulate a hard disk drive. RAM disks, much
- faster than hard disk, are temporary.
-
- * The RESTORE command displays a list of files on the backup disk.
-
- * With the new SETVER command, IBM DOS Version 5.00 enables users to run
- some old programs that do version checks.
-
- * The new UNDELETE command recovers files previously deleted with the DEL
- command.
-
- * The new UNFORMAT command gives the capability for IBM DOS Version 5.00
- users to recover accidentally formatted media. Unformat restores only
- local hard disk and diskette drives. It cannot be used on network
- drives.
-
-
- A new IBM DOS Version 5.00 Technical Reference is separately available. It
- provides reference and system architecture information in a task-oriented manner
- for the experienced user, system programmer and application developer, assuming
- that the user is familiar with the 8088/8086, 80286 ot 80386 microprocessor
- architecture. As with DOS Version 3.30 and DOS Version 4.0, the IBM DOS Version
- 5.00 Technical Reference contains the DEBUG, LINK, EXE2BIN, SAMPLE>ASM and LIB
- programs.
-
- INVESTMENT PROTECTION
-
- SUPPORTS OLD SYSTEMS and OPTIONS: IBM DOS Version 5.00 supports all models
- (except PCjr, AT/370 and XT/370) of the IBM Personal Computer and Personal
- System/2 families. It is compatible with the Personal System/1 (PS/1), however,
- use of IBM DOS Version 5.00 on the PS/1 eliminates use of the PS/1 shell.
-
- SUPPORTS NEW SYSTEMS and OPTIONS: In addition to systems/options supported by
- previous IBM DOS releases, IBM DOS Version 5.00 provides support for:
-
- * 2.88 diskette drives
- * Diskette media sense
- * Read/write optical
-
- MAINTAINS INTERFACES (COMPATIBILITY): IBM DOS Version 5.00 continues to provide
- an open system architecture that can be extended via system extensions, device
- drivers and future enhancements. It also continues to allow applications to use
- DOS extensions. Many application interfaces have been maintained and tested.
-
- IBM DOS Version 5.00 is fully compatible with AccessDOS. AccessDOS is a program
- that provides better keyboard, mouse and sound access for persons with physical
- disabilities. Some of the features included in AccessDOS are:
-
- * StickyKeys allows the user to press each key separately when performing
- multiple key operation. With StickyKeys the user can press the shift
- key, then press the 8 key to make an asterisk (*). Without StickyKeys,
- the user would have to hold the shift key down while pressing the 8 key.
- StickyKeys works with the Shift, Ctrl and Alt keys.
-
- * MouseKeys allows the cursor keys to behave like a mouse. Using the
- cursor keys the user can move the cursor around on the screen as if
- using a mouse.
-
- * ToggleKeys uses a"beep" to indicate when the Caps, Lock, Num Lock or
- Scroll Lock keys are activated or de-activated.
-
- * ShowSounds displays a small musical note in the upper left-hand corner
- of the display when the computer "beeps".
-
- * RepeatKeys allows the user to set how fast keys will repeat if held
- down. If set to OFF, the repeat function is eliminated.
-
- * SlowKeys allows the user to set the sensitivity of the keyboard.
- SlowKeys instructs the computer not to accept a key as "pressed" until
- it has been down a specific length of time.
-
- * BounceKeys allows the user to set the sensitivity of the keyboard. This
- prevents multiple occurances of the same key unless a specific amount of
- time has passed between the first time a key is pressed and when it is
- pressed again.
-
- AccessDOS was developed by the Trace Research and Development Center in
- cooperation with IBM. This software is offered free of charge and, as such, is
-
-
- offered as-is and without warranty of any kind. It is available from the
- Technical Directory (84F9872 and G84-9872).
-
- LAN COMPATIBILITY: Installation of IBM DOS Version 5.00 in a LAN network may
- require updates for the LAN programs on workstations using IBM DOS Version 5.00.
-
- * Users of DOS LAN Requester (DLR) included in OS/2 Server Version 1.3
-
- - OS/2 LAN Server Version 1.30.1 works compatibly with IBM DOS Version
- 5.00
-
- - OS/2 LAN Server Version 1.3 requires CSD #WR05015 to be applied before
- installing with IBM DOS Version 5.00
-
- * Users with IBM PC Lan Program
-
- - IBM PC LAN Program 1.34 works compatibly with IBM DOS Version 5.00.
-
- - IBM PC LAN Program 1.33 requires CSD #IP00755 to be applied before
- installing with IBM DOS Version 5.00
-
- PROVIDES EASY UPGRADE: The IBM DOS Version 5.00 Upgrade provides the full IBM
- DOS Version 5.00 function with installation specific programs that allow and aid
- previous IBM DOS users to upgrade to IBM DOS Version 5.00 at a significantly
- lower price. A prior version of IBM DOS (Version 2.1 or higher) must exist on
- the installation hard disk.
-
- As a convience to customers who buy the IBM DOS Version 5.00 Upgrade between
- June 11, 1991, and December 31, 1991, IBM includes updates for some existing LAN
- network files with the upgrade package. Thes files provided with IBM DOS
- Version 5.00 Upgrade are interim fixes for compatibility with IBM DOS Version
- 5.00 only. They do NOT contain fixes for problems other that IBM DOS Version
- 5.00 compatibility. Customers should contact their LAN vendors for complete
- updates to the network files. Compatibility updates for IBM PC LAN Program
- Version 1.33, DOS LAN Requester (DLR) included in IBM OS/2 LAN Server Version
- 1.3, and Novell NetWare are provided with the upgrade package. These upgrades
- will not be included with IBM DOS Version 5.00 Upgrade after December 31, 1991.
-
- GROWTH ENABLEMENT: IBM DOS Version 5.00 provides more application space than
- IBM DOS Version 4.00 or Version 3.30 on 80286 or greater systems with 1MB or
- larger memory. This allows more/or larger applications in the 640KB
- conventional memory area. This capability is available through HIMEM
- Extended-Memory Manager included in IBM DOS Version 5.00. It provides access to
- extended memory and insures that no two programs can use the same part of
- extended memory at the same time.
-
- Note: HIMEM might not be compatible with older programs that allocate extended
- memory directly, rather than using an extended-memory manager.
-
- SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
-
- IBM SUPPORT: IBM DOS Version 5.00 will be supported via Corrective Services
- Diskettes for a period of one year from planned availability.
-
- Corrective Services Diskettes (CSD) may be obtained from one of the following
- sources:
-
- * IBM System Support Center
- * Dealer or point-of-sale
- * Electric Bulletin Board System
- * IBM branch offic
- * System Engineers supporting large accounts having ready access to CSDs
- on VMPCPROD
-
-
- SCHEDULE
-
- The planned availability dates are:
-
- * June 11, 1991 - IBM DOS Version 5.00 and Upgrade
- * June 11, 1991 - National Language Support
- * August 5, 1991 IBM DOS Version 5.00 Technical Reference
-
- TECHNICAL INFORMATION
-
- DOS COMPARISONS
- ────────┬────────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────
- Version │Memory occupied │Systems supported │Key hardware functions supported
- ────────┴────────────────┴───────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────
- 2.1 24KB XT, PC, PCjr Small-memory systems and
- applications
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- 3.0/3.1 36KB AT, XT, PC, PCjr IBM PC Network; EGA graphics and
- IBM color printer
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- 3.2 44KB AT, XT, XT286, PC, IBM Token-Ring Network; 3.5-inch
- PCjr, diskettes and drives;
- PC Convertible PS/2 Enhanced Keyboard
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- 3.30 43KB AT, XT, XT286, PC, Large, partitioned fixed disk
- (minimum) PCjr, files; Extended National Language
- PC Convertible support
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- 4.0 54KB PS/2, PS/1, AT, Large, nonpartitioned fixed disk
- (minimum) XT, XT286, PC, files; menu-based user interface;
- PC Convertible expanded memory; full display and
- printer support; Extended
- National Language support;
- enhanced warranty; enhanced
- installation menus
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- 5.00 18KB-52KB PS/2, PS/1, AT, High-memory DOS relocation;
- (minimum) XT, XT286, PC, improved expanded memory manage-
- PC Convertible ment; upper memory block reloca-
- tion of programs; media sensing
- support of high capacity diskette
- drives; support for more than two
- fixed disks and more than two
- diskettes; Extended National
- Language support for keyboards
- and translations
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- SPECIFIED OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
-
- MACHINE REUIREMENTS: IBM DOS Version 5.00 operates on all models of PS/2, PS/1
- and PS/55 marketed by IBM at the time of IBM DOS Version 5.00 availability.
- Support is also provided for the IBM Personal Computer, PC/XT, PC/XT 286 and the
- Personal Computer AT. The minimum processor system memory required for IBM DOS
- Version 5.00 install is 512KB. The system should have a 720KB, 1.44MB or 2.88MB
- 3.5 inch or a 260KB or 1.2MB 5.25 inch diskette drive. The IBM DOS Version 5.00
- Upgrade requires a system requires a system with the prior version of IBM DOS
- (version 2.1 or higher) installed on a hard disk.
-
-
- TECHNICAL SUPPORT
-
- NATIONAL SUPPORT CENTER IN ATLANTA: Dealers have access to the National Support
- Center by a telephone 800 number. The support is by voice communication,
- providing technical useage support to the end-user, in this case a dealer.
-
- PACKAGING: The Program Package for IBM DOS Version 5.00, U.S. English, consists
- of the following:
-
- * Three 3.5-inch double-sided (720KB) diskettes (84F9775) or six 5.25-inch
- double-sided (360KB) diskettes (84F9777)
- * IBM Program License Agreement (PLA) on diskette envelope
- * IBM DOS Version 5.00 Getting Started
- * IBM DOS Version 5.00 User's Guide and Reference
- * IBM DOS Version 5.00 Keyboards and Code Pages
- * IBM DOS Version 5.00 Service Information
- * IBM DOS Version 5.00 Program License Information
-
- The Program Package for IBM DOS Version 5.00 Upgrade, U.S. English, consists of
- the following:
-
- * Three 3.5-inch double-sided (720KB) diskettes (84F9776) or six 5.25-inch
- Double-sided (360KB) diskettes (84F9778)
- * IBM Program License Agreement (PLA) on diskette envelope
- * IBM DOS Version 5.00 Getting Started
- * IBMDOS Version 5.00 User's Guide and Reference
- * IBM DOS Version 5.00 Keyboards and Code Pages
- * IBM DOS Version 5.00 Service Information
- * IBM DOS Version 5.00 Program License Information
-
- The Progarm Package for IBM DOS Version 5.00 U.S. English Yechnical Reference
- (91F8614) consists of the following:
-
- * IBM Program License Agreement (PLA) on diskette envelope
- * IBM DOS Version 5.00 Technical Reference
- * One 3.5-inch double-sided (720KB) diskette
- * One 5.25-inch double-sided (360KB) diskette
-
-
- CHARGES
-
- PROGRAM
- NAME/ ONE-TIME UPGRADE
- NUMBER ORDER TYPE CHARGE CHARGE
-
- IBM DOS Version 5.00
- 84F9775 Program Package $ 165
- 84F9777 Program Package 165
- 84F9776 Program Package Upgrade $ 85
- 84F9778 Program Package Upgrade 85
- 91F8614 Technical Reference 115
-
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