The ICL Computer Museum

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ICL DRS Professional Work Station's 286/386 (PWS) M60/M80  1987/1988.

One of the M80 Machines is running DRI Multiuser/Multitasking Concurrent DOS 386.

Two M80 machines have been setup and are running all of the supplied software which includes:

ICL/MS Multitasking MS-DOS 4.10, Windows 1.03, Videotex, SNA 3270,

VT220 TEP, Powerlink, BaseComms, X-25 Comms, OSLAN Comms,

Microlan 2, Full XBM, ICL 7561 TEP , FTF, Interlan DS-5210.

One ICL M80 now has the original ENGA (Network Graphics) card with EGA Monitor.

These ICL DRS PWS M80's are capable of connection and working with ICL Mainframes.

These are the Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files on these ICL DRS PWS M80's.

It can be seen that this version was very much a collaboration between ICL and MS.

It could be said that ICL drove the development of this version into being much improved.

As MS MT MS-DOS 4.00 became MS/IBM OS/2, ICL also helped in the development of OS/2.

The full potential of this can only be seen on a working ICL DRS PWS 286/386 machine.

This is a fresh screen shot of an ICL DRS PWS M80 working now.

This is a screen shot of an ICL DRS PWS M80 booting up.

WINDOWS 1.03.11 on an ICL DRS PWS M80, MS-DOS 4.10 with a flat-panel 96ppi SVGA.

The ICL DRS PWS (1987) and the ICL DRS PWS 386 (1988).

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The ICL DRS PWS M60 has a 80286 8MHz CPU (1987) and the M80 a 80386 20MHz CPU (1988).

ICL's first release of the DRS PWS in 1987 came with ICL modified Multitasking ICL/MS-DOS 4.0.

This was followed with Multitasking ICL/MS-DOS 4.10 later during 1987, which had been especially written by MS for ICL.

This was followed during 1988 with an updated Multitasking ICL/MS-DOS 4.10, which had been especially written by MS for ICL.

This was just for the DRS PWS. The names of the two machines were then changed to DRS M60 and DRS M80.

All versions of the ICL/MS Multitasking MS-DOS 4.0 and ICL/MS Multitasking MS-DOS 4.10 are safe, alive and well here.

PWS support both 1.2meg and 1.44meg floppy drives, having created sets on 1.44meg disks to boot on 1.44meg drives.

NOTE 1:  Only the last 1988 version supports both 1.2meg and 1.44meg floppy drives for booting the machines.

NOTE 2:  The earlier versions of ICL/MS-DOS 4.0/4.1 will not boot on the later machines. (This has been tested on the machines here.)

NOTE 3:  All of these versions of ICL/MS-DOS 4.0/4.1 run with support for Windows vers 1.03. (They are extended ICL vers of MS-DOS 4.0/4.1.)

NOTE 4:  All of these versions of ICL/MS-DOS will only boot on DRS M60 or DRS M80 machines due to BIOS and hardware requirements.

Having checked the Museum software archives I see that ICL/MS-DOS R. 3.21z is also here for DRS M60 or DRS M80 machines.

The immense Museum software archives include the following ICL/MS-DOS software for DRS M60 or DRS M80 machines.

5.25" IBMhd DRSPWS ICL/MS-DOS R. 3.21z V1 L00.

5.25" IBMhd DRSPWS ICL/MS-DOS 4.0 ICL/MSDOS/WINDOWS V07 L00.

5.25" IBMhd DRSPWS ICL/MS-DOS 4.0 ICL/MSDOS/WINDOWS V08 L00.

5.25" IBMhd DRSPWS ICL/MS-DOS 4.1 ICL/MS-DOS/WINDOWS V20 L00.

5.25" IBMhd DRSPWS ICL/MS-DOS 4.1 ICL/MS-DOS/WINDOWS V30 L00. (Three Sets)

3.5" IBMhd DRSPWS ICL/MS-DOS 4.1 ICL/MS-DOS/WINDOWS V30 L00.

All of these ICL disks are now safely archived in the Digital Disk Library here.

ICL/MS MS-DOS 4.00.07 running on one of the early 1987 ICL DRS PWS 286 (M60) machines.

This ICL DRS PWS 286 (M60) has a NGA (Network Graphics) card with CGA Monitor.

ICL/MS MS-DOS 4.00.08 and WINDOWS on one of the early 1987 ICL DRS PWS 286's (M60).

This ICL DRS PWS 286 (M60) has a NGA (Network Graphics) card with CGA Monitor.

These are PROGRAM PRODUCT SET NOTICES of the 1987 ICL/MS MS-DOS 4.0 sets here.

Product Set Notice of the first release of ICL/MS MS-DOS 4.1 on the 28th October 1987.

ICL/MS MS-DOS 4.10.20 running on one of the early 1987 ICL DRS PWS 286 (M60) machines.

From an article in the 20th September 1987, Computer Business Review.

From an article in the 6th April 1987, Technology.

From an article in the 29th September 1986, Info World.