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In article <1992Nov13.173536.11734@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
>In <dmurdoch.273.721666467@mast.queensu.ca> dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca (Duncan Murdoch) writes:
>
>>In article <rdippold.721598010@qualcom> rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>>>They're still playing catch-up with DR-DOS.  People have been saying
>>>that DOS 7 multitasks and breaks the 640K barrier.  I claim it'll
>>>never happen.  There have to be other people here who remember way
>>>back when DOS 3.x was king, and DOS 4 was going to "Have multitasking
>>>and break the 640K barrier!" 
>
>>In fact, there were two completely different DOS 4's.  One was released only 
>>in Europe, and did do multitasking.  The other was developed by IBM, and 
>>didn't.  Only descendants of the IBM version were ever released in North 
>>America.
>
>Didbn't the DOS 4 that did multitasking actually wind up becoming
>OS/2?  I have this impression from somewhere, but the book I think I
>saw mention of it in is at home.

According to "Inside OS/2 2.0" by Minasi et. al. OS/2 was originally
going to be DOS 4, then DOS 5....

Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept., Camosun College, Victoria B.C.