<div>I have an grey coloured IBM Dos 3.3 software package .. even the shrinkwrap is intact. Must be worth something besides being a bookend? An operating system on a floppy disk (or was it two .. rattles box)</div>
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<div>From memory .. didnt MS Dos 4.0 come out with a similar type of file access utility to Windows 1 in a friendly 'brown' coloured box with a small handfull of floppy disks. I recall the grief that it caused us that made me realise a great truth .. never fully trust any software version that ends in a dot zero.
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<div>Regards Roland<br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/12/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Clark, Ian C</b> <<a href="mailto:clark.ian.c@edumail.vic.gov.au">clark.ian.c@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">----<br>From: <a href="mailto:tech-bounces@edulists.com.au">tech-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:tech-bounces@edulists.com.au">
tech-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] On Behalf Of Roland Gesthuizen<br><br>PS: I am curious if it can run under VMWare / VirtualPC and tracking down the software to try this out.<br>----<br><br>Hi Roland,<br><br>I would think that there would have been almost no copies of Windows 1 imported into Australia ... certainly, I don't think you would have found one in a school ... lots of rivals at the time, even on DOS PCs ...
<br><br>In the States, you might pick a copy up on 5.25" floppy at a garage sale alongside other unloved objects such as the Ford Edsel and Pat Boone LPs ... :-)<br><br>----<br>PSS: There is little truth to rumors that some of the code is still being used with Vista :-)
<br>----<br><br>No, but there'll be a heap of even older VAX VMS code from the seventies!<br><br>Cheers,<br>Clarky<br><br><br><br><br><br>Important - This email and any attachments may be confidential. If received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. Before opening or using attachments check them for viruses and defects. Regardless of any loss, damage or consequence, whether caused by the negligence of the sender or not, resulting directly or indirectly from the use of any attached files our liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. Any representations or opinions expressed are those of the individual sender, and not necessarily those of the Department of Education & Training.
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