Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!purdue!decwrl!decvax!tektronix!tekcrl!tekgvs!keithe From: keithe@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: DRIVPARM Keywords: typical run-around Message-ID: <4395@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM> Date: 19 Dec 88 18:13:51 GMT References: <4365@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM> <317@indep1.UUCP> Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) Distribution: comp Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 37 In an earlier article <4365@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM> I wrote: >You can get a copy of MS-DOS 3.30A to supply "repaired" >versions of BACKUP (who cares?), DRIVPARM, FDISK and RAMDRIVE.SYS. >You can contact them at > > Microsoft Corporation Tel 206 882 8080 > 16011 NE 36th Way Telex 160520 > Box 97017 Fax 206 883 8101 > Redmond WA 98073-9717 > >From what I've been able to tell there is no way, other than file >sizes and dates, to distinguish version 3.30 from 3.30A. That is, >the "ver" command reports back 3.30 even with 3.30A. > >keith And boy, did I ever screw up. I had inferred from the letter that accompanies the disks, addressed to "Dear Microsoft Customer:" that this upgrades was available to whomever satisfies that description. It turns out that because Microsoft has a specific definition of "customer," many people may own legitimate copies of MS-DOS and not be Microsoft customers: they are customers of their hardware vendor or their software vendor, and Microsoft expects those third party vendors to provide the support. I've seriously mis-interpreted the way this all works and need to "un-say" what I said earlier. (Can I use the "tac" command? :-) ) Anyway, my apologies for getting anyone's (1) hopes or (2) dander up. keith Keith Ericson at TekLabs (resident factious factotum) Tektronix, PO 500, MS 58-383 Beaverton OR 97077 (503)627-6042 UUCP: uunet!tektronix!tekgvs!keithe ARPA: keithe%tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM@RELAY.CS.NET CSNet: keithe@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM