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Conference 7.286::ibmpc_shareware

Title:Shareware for IBM PC and compatibles
Notice:vmsmkt->humane| caldec->trinty| ufrcs1->muccs1
Moderator:TARKIN::LIN
Created:Tue Oct 16 1990
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3369
Total number of notes:24372

3366.0. "Shareware/freeware operating systems" by ROMEDU::NEBBIA (Mario Nebbia @RIO - Rome, Italy) Fri Apr 11 1997 12:58

Does it exist any shareware or freeware operating system for Intel x86 PSs? The
only one I know is linux: any other?

Suggestions, pointers and hints welcome!

Mario
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3366.1yes, unix flavorsTLE::KNIGHTFri Apr 11 1997 13:584
    linux (several flavors), freebsd, netbsd, openbsd . . .
    
    If you want MS compatible free/shareware, good luck.
    
3366.2RUSURE::EDPAlways mount a scratch monkey.Tue Apr 15 1997 13:098
    OpenDOS is available from Caldera, www.caldera.com.
    
    
    				-- edp
    
    
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3366.3WRKSYS::INGRAHAMAndyTue Apr 15 1997 14:2711
There was "4DOS" ... but I haven't heard much about it recently.  It was
a shareware DOS replacement.  There should be at least one 4DOS note
in this notesfile.

Digging further back into ancient history ... there was PCVMS, a
DOS-replacement that had some VMS-like features.  I think it was just
a COMMAND.COM replacement, which means it loaded itself on top of your
basic DOS rather than completely replacing it.  I think this (or maybe
I'm thinking of yet another one?) was free to DECcies, long ago.

For those interested in history, there's a PCVMS notesfile on KAOFS::.
3366.4SMURF::PBECKWho put the bop in the hale-de-bop-de-bop?Tue Apr 15 1997 15:471
    4DOS wasn't an operating system -- it was an alternative CLI.
3366.5I hadn't had my coffee yetWRKSYS::INGRAHAMAndyTue Apr 15 1997 15:552
Yeah, I was trying to remember which replaced just COMMAND.COM, which ran
as a program on top of COMMAND.COM, etc.  You're right.