Microsoft KB Archive/20805

Multiplan: Disks Not Read by DEC Rainbow PSS ID Number: Q20805 Article last modified on 10-17-1990 PSS database name: D_MPlan

2.x 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.04 4.00 4.01 4.20

MS-DOS

Summary:

Beginning with Multiplan version 2.00, the disks shipped in the product are on DOS versions 1.x-formatted, 8-track, double-sided disks. Because the DEC Rainbow has single-sided drives, it is unable to read the Multiplan disks as they are formatted. The disks can be downloaded to single-sided floppies and installed using the VT100 option. If your are using border characters, they will not be displayed properly.

This incompatibility is a problem with the ROM used in the DEC Rainbow (that is, it is a hardware limitation, not a software problem). There is no Multiplan installation option for the DEC Rainbow PC. Multiplan versions 2.x or later are not guaranteed on the DEC Rainbow.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1990.