Multiuser DOS Federation

The Multiuser DOS Federation (MDOS) was an industry alliance to promote the growth and acceptance of multi-user DOS-based solutions on 286, 386 and 486 computers.[1] It was formed in July 1990.[1] The idea was to reduce costs by allowing workgroups to run DOS applications from a shared PC while working on terminals or workstations.[1]

On 18 February 1991, several members of the Multiuser DOS Federation issued a press release regarding their intentions to support DPMI (mostly DPMI 1.0) in their products including Alloy Computer Products Inc. (PC-PLUS), Bluebird Systems, Inc. (SuperDOS), Concurrent Controls, Inc. (CCI Multiuser DOS), Digital Research, Inc. (DR Multiuser DOS), S&H Computer Systems, Inc. (TSX-32), StarPath Systems, Inc. (Vmos/3), The Software Link (PC-MOS/386), THEOS Software Corporation (THEOS), Intelligent Graphics Corporation (VM/386).[2]

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References
  1. "NetWorld 90 - NetWorld: Multi-Vendor Answers". Communications News. Nelson Publishing / Gale, Cengage Learning. 1990-11-01. Archived from the original on 2018-08-20. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
  2. Wurthmann, Gerold; Wopperer, Bernhard; Wiesböck, Johann (1991). "Die DPMI-Spezifikation – Eine Einführung – Appendix B: DPMI Hosts" [An introduction to the DPMI specification – appendix B: DPMI hosts]. Vorträge und Begleittexte zum 2. Entwicklerforum der Design & Elektronik zum Thema: PC-Architektur, 17. September 1991, München [Presentations and supplemental material for the second developer forum on PC architecture on 17 September 1991, Munich] (book) (in German) (1 ed.). Munich, Germany: Markt & Technik Verlag Aktiengesellschaft. pp. 223, 239. (NB. The forum was organized by the German magazine Design & Elektronik and Intel.)
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