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European MS-DOS 4.0 (multitasking)
Name: W0rm Date: February 2, 2002 at 21:29:16 Pacific
Comment:
A version of MS-DOS 4.0 was released to Europe for a brief period of time with multitasking capabilities but was pulled off the market not too much later.
I wouldn't mind having a copy to test out.
Anyone have any leads or possibly have it stored somewhere? - W0rm - http://jason-n3xt.org/dos
Name: ... Date: February 3, 2002 at 05:41:46 Pacific
Reply:
This is one of the RARE and hard to find versions of MS-DOS It was replaced by MS-DOS 4.01 within weeks of its OEM release. It KILLED PC's so watch it if you ever get hold of a copy! MS-DOS was never sold in stores over here, only provided with new machines. That is why it is so hard to find a copy!
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Response Number 2
Name: W0rm Date: February 3, 2002 at 11:17:39 Pacific
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I'm guessing that you don't have a copy then? Oh well! I'll be testing it on bochs anyway. - W0rm - http://jason-n3xt.org/dos
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Response Number 3
Name: Michael Date: February 8, 2002 at 11:38:10 Pacific
Reply:
W0rm,
If you manage to find a copy hook me up?
Also if anyone has a copy of DOS/V with the WebBoy browser I'd greatly appreciate a copy.
Summary: Both Microsoft (MS-DOS 4.0) and IBM (PC-DOS 4.0) released bugged versions of DOS 4.0. IBM only released it in Eurupe (Lucky us!)Then replaced it with version 4.01 very soon afterwards. IBM exchanged i...
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