Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!vsi1!octopus!pete From: pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Update on DOS 4.0 floppy incompatibility Message-ID: <316@octopus.UUCP> Date: 17 Aug 88 05:31:28 GMT Reply-To: pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann) Organization: Octopus Enterprises, Cupertino CA Lines: 11 I have been told by a person at Microsoft that a more recent Beta version of MS-DOS 4.0 creates floppies that can be successfully read by DOS 3.1-3.3. They haven't tried 2.x yet, as it is maintained by a separate organization. (Such are the wonders of big company product support!) Pete -- OOO __| ___ Peter Holzmann, Octopus Enterprises OOOOOOO___/ _______ USPS: 19611 La Mar Court, Cupertino, CA 95014 OOOOO \___/ UUCP: {hpda,pyramid}!octopus!pete ___| \_____ Phone: 408/996-7746