[net.micro] MS-DOS for Rainbow

rosen@gypsy.UUCP (12/11/85)

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A friend of mine recently gave me a DEC Rainbow 100 and modem for my own
personal use.  It makes a fine terminal, but I would like to run MS-DOS on
it because I have access to a good deal of MS-DOS software.  I know that the
disk formats are different and that I cannot expect to run many programs
which work on the IBM PC on the Rainbow.  I have a version of CPM, but I
would perfer MS-DOS.  I can't seem to find a copy anywhere, but I know such
a beast exists.  If anyone could tell me how I might go about getting a copy
of MS-DOS for the Rainbow, then I would greatly apprecitate it.  I know the
the Rainbow does not top the list of all time great micro computers, but
then why else would someone just give it to me?

Thanks.

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| Steve Rosen
| Siemens Research and Technology Laboratories
| Princeton, NJ

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felice@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU (12/14/85)

You can easily contact DEC themselves by calling their toll-free number
1-800-DEC-INFO.  Since you have a Rainbow, if you have a modem, you can use
the terminal emulation to explore DEC's electronic store.  BTW, for the rest
of you who may want to see this great store (it is only DEC stuff) you will 
need VT102 (or later) emulation.  The number is 1-800-DEC-DEMO.  (Isn't it
cute how they have these naming schemes for phone numbers nowdays?).  It is
called demo because they actually attempt in many cases to give you 
demonstrations (that is, cute screen displays) on many software products.
I'm not sure what parity to use, but they do run at 1200 baud.

P.S. Another good source of Rainbow info is in Hardcopy magazine, a DEC-
oriented monthly mag tha has a special feature column each month.

movshon@acf8.UUCP (Tony Movshon) (12/15/85)

MSDOS for the Rainbow:
curiously enough, if you call DEC, they will sell it to you.
The current version is 2.11.

	Tony Movshon
	Psychology, NYU

PS. The worst thing about the Rainbow is that it's not at all compatible.
On the other hand, if the IBM-PC were Rainbow compatible, it would be a
better machine. So it goes.