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Welcome to PTS-DOS 2000
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Copyright (C) PhysTechSoft, Ltd. 1991-99. All rights reserved.


Demo version of PTS-DOS is full functional,
but it has 1 minute delay before loading.

*added later: Demo can be altered into a version without delay, see PatchPTS.TXT

   Contents
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1. Briefly about PTS-DOS.
2. Hardware requirements and compatibility
3. Installation instructions
4. Contact information


1. Briefly about PTS-DOS
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PTS-DOS is the powerful and fastest DOS with network support,
file manager, archiver, internal boot viruses protection and 
numerous utilities fully compatible with MS-DOS 6.x. 
It also contains web browser, e-mail client and telnet.

Built-in boot manager.
PTS-DOS without any external boot manager like PTS BootWizard
may be manually configured to boot up to 10 operating systems including
other DOS, Linux, Windows, or OS/2 on one PC.

PTS-DOS was certified by Russian Ministry of Defence.

Internet applications pack.
PTS-DOS 2000 includes internet application pack
which contains telnet and web browser Arachne with graphical interface.
Arachne provides you with dial-up, web browsing, e-mail sending and reading.


Some PTS-DOS 2000 features:

* less memory usage in comparison with any other DOS;

* internal boot-viruses protection,

* more disk space with powerful compression utility FOLDER;	

* improved syntax of the configuration file and 
  extended configuration commands set;

* possibility of a selective modification of the configuration
  file using a menu or data stored in CMOS or ROM;

* possibility to execute configuration file commands step-by-step;

* flexible strategy of allocating system data and code;

* possibility to open 65,535 files simultaniously;

* selective file access system built into the core;

* non-standard disk formats support;

* enclosure of certain utilities and drivers into the core:
  ANSI.SYS, DISPLAY.SYS, KEYB.EXE, FASTOPEN.EXE, SHARE.EXE;

* extended system calls set;

* possibility of improving performance of an AT-type computer
  by three to five per cent;

* PTS-DOS 2000 includes web browser, e-mail client, telnet.


2. Hardware requirements
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To install and use PTS-DOS you need a PC with the following minimum
hardware requirements:

*  i286 CPU or better;
*  512kb RAM or more;
*  2 Mb free space on a hard drive.


3. Installation instructions
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To install PTS-DOS you should:

1) Insert clean formatted diskette into drive A;
2) Prepare installation diskettes  running makeboot.bat;
3) Boot your computer from a PTS-DOS installation diskettes.

Carefully follow the installation instructions and read the messages and
prompts that are displayed by the installation program.

                                               
4. PhysTechSoft, Ltd.
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Our address:
   PhysTechSoft, Ltd,
   Institutsky per., 9
   Dolgoprudny, 141700, RUSSIA

Phone/Fax
   +7 (095) 408-7072
   +7 (095) 576-5518

Check out our Internet site:
   http://www.PhysTechSoft.com  (USA)
   http://www2.PhysTechSoft.com (Russia)

E-mail:
   support@PhysTechSoft.com


