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From: iav1917@ritcv.UUCP (alan i. vymetalik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Re: DOS 3.1
Message-ID: <536@ritcv.UUCP>
Date: 27 May 88 03:54:03 GMT
References: <4042@islenet.UUCP>
Reply-To: iav1917@ritcv.UUCP (alan i. vymetalik)
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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In article <4042@islenet.UUCP> mmac@islenet.UUCP (Michael E. Macmillan) writes:
>For those who may not have seen it elsewhere, here is the recent release
>from Suitable Solutions regarding MS-DOS 3.1:
>   
>Announcing MS-DOS 3.1 for the DEC Rainbow           May 16, 1988
>
>Suitable Solutions, Inc. of Santa Clara, California announces the
>signing of an exclusive agreement with Digital Equipment Corporation
>for MS-DOS version 3.1 for the DEC Rainbow.
>
[...]
>
>MS-DOS version 3.1 is expected to ship by August 1, 1988.  For
>further details, contact Suitable Solutions' representatives in
>Booth 2025, DEXPO South 88.
>
>Contact:       Julie Starr
>               Suitable Solutions
>               1700 Wyatt Drive #12
>               Santa Clara, CA  95054
>               (408) 727-9090


   There is only one thing to say to this:


   Y   E   A   H   ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !


   I hope Rainbow users realize that this will extend the life and
   usefulness of this excellent machine.  It legitimizes the machine
   as a more-useful tool.  


   S   O   ! ! ! ! ! ! !


   All of you who have "bootleg" copies of DOS 3.10... I urge you to
   support Suitable Solutions and the Rainbow by purchasing a legitimate
   copy of DOS 3.10.   To all the rest of you... Please purchase DOS 3.10
   and help keep the Rainbow alive!

   Ok, all those IBM-type people will now say..."BIG DEAL!  DOS 3.4 is
   almost out and OS/2 is now shipping for us!"  Well, IT IS a big deal!
   What Suitable Solutions has done is ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!  They have
   managed to convice a huge company like DEC to let them support a machine
   DEC has given up for dead!  Since I know some of the bureaucracy of DEC,
   this is simply amazing!

   So, watch for more news on this channel.  Suitable Solutions should
   also be announcing (if all goes well) their 80286/80287 co-processor
   board for the Rainbow!

   Enjoy,
   Alan

   p.s. I have not (and probably never will) receive any compensation from
   Suitable Solutions for my "commercial-toned" message above.  In fact,
   I had to pay them money for several things I purchased earlier.
   
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