Re: DiversiDOS, what's the scoop?

[tdiaz@hypermall.com (Tony Diaz)]

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.
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.)

Check out http://www.wizard.net/~dsr/ for titles still available.

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