DR DOS

History

In July 1996 Caldera purchased the DR DOS business and all related DOS assets from Novell. In 1998 it was transferred to Caldera Thin Clients, Inc. which were renamed in July 1999 to Lineo, Inc.

Versions

Digital Research

• 1988-05-28: DR DOS 3.31
• 1989: DR DOS 3.40
• 1989: DR DOS 3.41
• May 1990: DR DOS 5.0
• Sep 1991: DR DOS 6.0

Novell, Desktop Systems Group

• May 1992: DR DOS 6.0 Business Update
• Jul 1992: DR DOS 6.0/V - Japanese DOS/V compatible
• Dec 1993: Novell DOS 7

Caldera

• Feb 1997: Caldera OpenDOS 7.01
• Mar 1998: Caldera DR-DOS 7.02
• Jan 1999: Lineo DR DOS 7.03

The DR-DOS/OpenDOS Enhancement Project

• 2005: v7.01.07

Development Packages

• DR-System Builder Kit
• DR-WebSpyder

Publications

• Manfred Tornsdorf; Helmut Tornsdorf: DR DOS 6.0 Complete - Abacus, ISBN 1-55755-144-8
• Robert M. Thomas: The Official Novell DR DOS 6 Instant Reference - Novell Press/Sybex, ISBN 0-7821-1094-0

Links

• Caldera DR-DOS FAQ