This is a Beta of Microsoft's Ms DOS version 6.3. It was
released early in May of 1995. This version is not a hack,
it's legitimate, and it is still in Beta testing. It is
totally independent of Windows '95. I would assume that
Microsoft had enough sense to realize that once Windows '95
came out it wasn't going to dominate the entire OS market!
This version is supposedly more condusive to installing
another OS such as Windows '95 among other things.

I could not include all of the beta notes, sorry, but I am
paranoid of being found out by Microsoft. Furthermore, there
were hardly any on disk, and I am much too lazy to type out
120 or more pages of printed material. As far as I can tell,
there is no way they can track individuals that release their
programs, although they do threaten to take you out of the Beta
testing program and possibly consider legal action.

I couldn't quite manage to Zip this release directly from
the diskettes as they're using this new DMF Diamond extraction
bull shit. I was able to extract the files from the disk using
the extract exe program, copy them to my hard drive, and Zip
them up from there. As for installing this puppy, well here
again, you'll have to figure that out for yourself. The
volume labels are the same as those for any typical Ms DOS
release DISK    1, DISK    2, DISK    3, but I believe you
can install this ver right from your hard disk.

The only bug that I noticed so far is that there doesn't seem
to be help available for some things, and a lot of the new
programs that come with this release are just all together
unexplained. I guess they're changing things around a bit.
This version of Ms DOS has not been Beta testing for long,
possibly no more than 3 to 4 months. The last I heard it is due
out by the end of summer or in the fall sometime. Now you get
a sneak peak at it for nothing, which is not a bad deal if I
say so myself. Keep in mind that I am putting much at risk
by releasing this because they are being extremely security
concious, mainly because of the wide spread pirating of their
Windows '95 Betas on the Internet and bulletin boards.

If I find out that there are serious problems with this release,
I will just make a text file explaining how to correct them if
possible and circulate it. That is all for now. ---  Enjoy

M.R.
