Subj : Today I learned
To   : Poindexter Fortran
From : AKAcastor
Date : Sun Jun 16 2024 22:48:16

 pF> That the Digital Research that made DR-DOS was the same DRI that made
 pF> CP/M. I read an article describing the history of CP/M and DR-DOS, and
 pF> now I want to run a DR-DOS VM for old time's sake.

I'd be interested in a DR-DOS VM too - I remember hearing about DR-DOS but I never saw it running.

 pF> I ran DR-DOS and SuperStor (my co-sysop worked for Addstor and got comp
 pF> copies of each) and GEOWorks Ensemble. With DR-DOS' task switcher, it
 pF> was a pretty cool setup.

Sounds very cool!  I do remember hearing/reading about DR-DOS and SuperStor, I don't remember much about GEOWorks Ensemble (the name GEOWorks vaguely rings a bell but that's it).  I heard that DR-DOS did task switching, but didn't know anyone running it.

I used DESQview in DOS 6.22 on a 486 to run a BBS (1 line) and be able to multitask to run other things at the same time.  It worked well for DOS software which was mostly what I was interested in.  (I had Win3.1 installed but didn't have much use for it)

I'm curious how the DR-DOS experience would compare.

 pF> Outside of Geoworks, it was all Borland Sidekick, Qedit and Telix.

DESQview, Qedit, and Telix are what I am running in my 'modern' DOSBox image.  I never did use Sidekick, was just a bit late to the party.


Chris/akacastor


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