Re: DiversiDOS, what's the scoop?

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

>Randy Shackelford (shack@deimos.frii.com) wrote:
>: In article <5g27ks$fe0@news.asu.edu>,  <adam.myrow@asu.edu> wrote:
>: >     Does anybody know the status of DiversiDOS and what happened to
>: >Diversified Software?  I am interested in obtaining a working copy of
>: >DiversiDOS to speed up my DOS 3.3 stuff.  I have found a copy on
>: >apple2.archive.umich.edu but it is unusable.  The docs say that it is $35
>: >shareware but may be freely distributed.  Can someone enlighten me
>: >further?

>: Assuming that it became freeware with the rest of the Beagle Bros stuff, I'd
>: get Pronto-DOS instead. I bought it WAY back when and used it ever since for
>: DOS disks. Even with AMDOS on 3.5 disks.

>Diversified Software never had anything to do with Beagle Bros.

And who said they did? The original poster was asking about a (possibly $35)
shareware program, and I suggested a (possibly) free program that does the
same thing as an alternative. People need to read articles more closely, and
needless, off-topic stuff like this won't start. Of course, killing needless
off-topic stuff would drop this group's traffic to nil seems like.

>DiversiDOS was the first real title I can remember being 'shareware' as we
>know it now, (including the part about people not paying for it.)

All well and good, but has nothing to do with having to pay $35 for DiversiDOS
as opposed to getting Pronto-DOS for free. Now that we've hashed that out,
maybe someone can follow up with info on the status of the two programs.
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Randy Shackelford                                 
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