PC DOS Version 2000, aka PC DOS 7, Revision 1



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Setup Screen:


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Package Contents:

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Outer Cover (Cardstock w/paper cover), P/N: 04L9088
License proof of entitlement, P/N: 04L9096
License notice to read before use (Int'l), P/N:04L6706
License "Important Information", P/N: 04L8730
IBM® customer service and support insert, P/N: 31L3058
IBM® Year 2000 service reminder, P/N: CF8KFML
Norton Anti-Virus© introductory offer insert, P/N:CF7TLNA
User Guide, P/N: 83G9260
Disk 1, P/N: 04L9090
Disk 2, P/N: 04L9091
Disk 3, P/N: 04L9092
Disk 4, P/N: 04L9093
Disk 5, P/N: 04L9094
Disk 6, P/N: 04L9095
CD, P/N: 04L9056
CD envelope, P/N: 04L9055

Collector's notes:
Rated: Not rare - available.
Estimated Value (complete): Mint-$60 VG-$45 G-$45

Vital Statistics:

Release Date: April, 1998
Disks in Set: 6 disks, 1 CD
Diskette Form Factor:3.5", DS,HD 18 sectors per track
Capacity: 1.44Mb
Sector Size: 512 bytes
Track Size: 18 sectors
Sectors per FAT: 9
Disk Sides: 2
Total Tracks: 80
File System: FAT12 floppy, FAT16 hard disk
Files on Disk 1: 43
Files on Disk 2: 4
Files on Disk 3: 5
Files on Disk 4: 5
Files on Disk 5: 6
Files on Disk 6: 4

Version string: (Sector 6B, offset 158h)

3D F9 CD 21 C3 B0 03 CF 49 42 4D 20 44 4F 53 20 ¦         IBM DOS
56 65 72 73 69 6F 6E 20 37 2E 30 20 28 43 29 43 ¦ Version 7.0 (C)C
6F 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 20 31 39 38 31 2D 31 39 ¦ opyright 1981-19
39 38 20 49 42 4D 20 43 6F 72 70 6F 72 61 74 69 ¦ 98 IBM Corporati
6F 6E 20 4C 69 63 65 6E 73 65 64 20 4D 61 74 65 ¦ on Licensed Mate
72 69 61 6C 20 2D 20 50 72 6F 70 65 72 74 79 20 ¦ rial - Property
6F 66 20 49 42 4D 20 41 6C 6C 20 72 69 67 68 74 ¦ of IBM All right
73 20 72 65 73 65 72 76 65 64 20 4E 55 4C 00 43 ¦ s reserved 

File Listing:

Disk 1 04/30/1998 01:00p 40,726 IBMBIO.COM 04/30/1998 01:00p 37,066 IBMDOS.COM 04/30/1998 01:00p 52,965 COMMAND.COM 04/30/1998 01:00p 8,664 ATTRIB.EXE 04/30/1998 01:00p 107 AUTOEXEC.BAT 04/30/1998 01:00p 13,470 CHKDSK.COM 04/30/1998 01:00p 1,596 CHOICE.COM 04/30/1998 01:00p 23 CONFIG.SYS 04/30/1998 01:00p 22,158 COUNTRY.SYS 04/30/1998 01:00p 15,302 DEBUG.COM 04/30/1998 01:00p 9,344 DISKCOPY.COM 04/30/1998 01:00p 15,345 DISPLAY.SYS 04/30/1998 01:00p 51,754 E.EX 04/30/1998 01:00p 56,821 E.EXE 04/30/1998 01:00p 1,290 E.INI 04/30/1998 01:00p 58,820 EGA.CPI 04/30/1998 01:00p 31,198 EHELP.HLP 04/30/1998 01:00p 27,817 FDISK.COM 04/30/1998 01:00p 399 FIXCHGLN.COM 04/30/1998 01:00p 24,300 FORMAT.COM 04/30/1998 01:00p 10,898 KEYB.COM 04/30/1998 01:00p 53,556 KEYBOARD.SYS 04/30/1998 01:00p 16,231 MEM.EXE 04/30/1998 01:00p 15,777 MODE.COM 04/30/1998 01:00p 63,367 QCONFIG.EXE 04/30/1998 01:00p 46,197 README.TXT 04/30/1998 01:00p 4,828 SETUP.COM 04/30/1998 01:00p 1,163 SETUP.INI 04/30/1998 01:00p 4,403 SETUP.MSG 04/30/1998 01:00p 75,895 SETUP1.OVL 04/30/1998 01:00p 38,524 SETUP2.OVL 04/30/1998 01:00p 382 SETUP2.TXT 04/30/1998 01:00p 32,981 SETUP3.OVL 04/30/1998 01:00p 9,702 SYS.COM 04/30/1998 01:00p 37,942 UNPACK2.EXE 04/30/1998 01:00p 9,349 WINA20.386 04/30/1998 01:00p 3,390 XDF.COM 04/30/1998 01:00p 31,737 XDFCOPY.EXE 04/30/1998 01:00p 30 DISK.NUM 04/30/1998 01:00p 41,165 FILES.TXT 04/30/1998 01:00p 310 BLISTLAY.OUT 04/30/1998 01:00p 252,098 AV1 04/30/1998 01:00p 173,880 PCM1 43 File(s) 1,392,970 bytes 0 Dir(s) 53,760 bytes free 1,457,664 bytes total disk space. 78,336 bytes in 2 hidden files. 1,325,568 bytes in 41 files. 53,760 bytes available on disk. 512 bytes in each allocation unit. 2,847 total allocation units on disk. 105 allocation units available on disk. Disk 2 04/30/1998 01:00p 84,299 PEN1 04/30/1998 01:00p 464,534 WBACKUP3 04/30/1998 01:00p 479,405 DOS2 04/30/1998 01:00p 406,101 DOS3 4 File(s) 1,434,339 bytes 0 Dir(s) 22,016 bytes free 1,457,664 bytes total disk space. 1,435,648 bytes in 4 files. 22,016 bytes available on disk. 512 bytes in each allocation unit. 2,847 total allocation units on disk. 43 allocation units available on disk. Disk 3 04/30/1998 01:00p 91,724 REXX 04/30/1998 01:00p 183,919 AV2 04/30/1998 01:00p 409,244 BACKUP1 04/30/1998 01:00p 690,149 STAC2 04/30/1998 01:00p 18,878 PEN2 5 File(s) 1,393,914 bytes 0 Dir(s) 62,464 bytes free 1,457,664 bytes total disk space. 1,395,200 bytes in 5 files. 62,464 bytes available on disk. 512 bytes in each allocation unit. 2,847 total allocation units on disk. 122 allocation units available on disk. Disk 4 04/30/1998 01:00p 48,117 SHELL1 04/30/1998 01:00p 685,829 STAC3 04/30/1998 01:00p 410,251 DOS4 04/30/1998 01:00p 190,695 SHELL2 04/30/1998 01:00p 99,615 WUNDEL 5 File(s) 1,434,507 bytes 0 Dir(s) 22,016 bytes free 1,457,664 bytes total disk space. 1,435,648 bytes in 5 files. 22,016 bytes available on disk. 512 bytes in each allocation unit. 2,847 total allocation units on disk. 43 allocation units available on disk. Disk 5 04/30/1998 01:00p 8,777 WGRP 04/30/1998 01:00p 399,553 BACKUP2 04/30/1998 01:00p 460,262 WBACKUP1 04/30/1998 01:00p 526,718 STAC1 04/30/1998 01:00p 4,216 PCM1 04/30/1998 01:00p 655 PS1 6 File(s) 1,400,181 bytes 0 Dir(s) 55,808 bytes free 1,457,664 bytes total disk space. 1,401,856 bytes in 6 files. 55,808 bytes available on disk. 512 bytes in each allocation unit. 2,847 total allocation units on disk. 109 allocation units available on disk. Disk 6 04/30/1998 01:00p 522,021 DOS1 04/30/1998 01:00p 464,010 WBACKUP2 04/30/1998 01:00p 260,311 WINAV 04/30/1998 01:00p 184,320 PCM2 4 File(s) 1,430,662 bytes 0 Dir(s) 26,112 bytes free 1,457,664 bytes total disk space. 1,431,552 bytes in 4 files. 26,112 bytes available on disk. 512 bytes in each allocation unit. 2,847 total allocation units on disk. 51 allocation units available on disk.

MD5 Signatures:

IBMBIO COM 3044E518EBCB59224E8AF044C2FAA218 IBMDOS COM FA94FDB95A587F0B433D35165A4DF05E COMMAND COM 990D962397A6815CFC9CF198CEFC5082 VER command: PC DOS Version 7.0 Revision 1

Version History:

Superceeds PC DOS 7.0. Year 2000 certified - fixed BIOS Y2k date rollover problem. ITAA 2000 Certified for development processes. Stand-alone base product requiring no patches. Added enhanced support for memory management; increased available memory to base OS by 40k. Added utilities for system performance monitoring. Included backward-compatible support for legacy ISA interface cards. Allowed command-line device driver loading.
Except from original release announcement:
Reprinted with permission from IBM® Corporation:
Software Announcement
May 26, 1998
Announcement Letter Number: 298-169

"IBM PC DOS 2000 enhances the PC DOS 7 operating system, making it Year 2000 ready. PC DOS 2000 supports the eurocurrency symbol and handles the century rollover information returned by BIOS in many older systems...."