Date   : Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:32:50 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: Master 512

"Chris Priest" <chris.priest@...> wrote:
> 2)       Does anyone have a copy of the DOS-Plus disks or know where I can
> obtain a set?
 
In fact, on comp.os.cpm just today somebody posted:
 
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Subject: Re: was there ever a CPM for ... ?
 
> "DOS Plus 2.1 runs virtually all application packages which are legally
> written to be compatible with MS-DOS version 2.1, PC-DOS 2.1 or CP/M86,
> which was the forerunner of DOS Plus. Arguably the most notable aspect
> of the 512 is that much of the software written for PCs, which have very
> different architecture, does run satisfactorily."
 
A few years ago, there was a lot of interest in the
BBC Master 512 because of DOS Plus (of which
John Elliott is the specialist) and its written doc.
 
Why? Because DOS Plus is a mix between
MS-DOS Version 2.1 and CP/M-86 Plus
(hence its name).
 
A Web site was listing the 3 original DRI DOS Plus
manuals, and we searched for them for quite a
long time. We ended by getting a photocopy of
the commercial booklets sold by DRI and Glentop Press.
 
(If you know where a copy of the original DOS Plus
manuals are stored, several persons out there
would be interested in getting them...)
 
(Idem for some rare CP/M-86 software that could
have been saved on a BBC Master 512 disk.)
 
Yours Sincerely,
"French Luser"
 
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