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MS-DOS 3.20
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MS-DOS 3.20
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The MS-DOS 3.20 floppies in the PCjs collection had a printed date of `March 21, 1986` (see the photo below).
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The MS-DOS 3.20 floppies in the PCjs collection are the only known non-OEM disk images available online.
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However, all the files on Disks 1 and 2 are timestamped `7-07-86 12:00p`.
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All other known disk images are OEM releases (eg, HP, Zenith, Data General, Seiko Epson, etc.) and can
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be found on sites like [WinWorld](https://winworldpc.com/product/ms-dos/320).
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Disks 3 and 4 contained a printed date of `March 21, 1986` (see the photo below), which is consistent with
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the file timestamps (`2-14-86` and `3-14-86`) on those disks. However, all the files on Disks 1 and 2 are
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timestamped `7-07-86`. Apparently, the Programmer's Reference files were finalized several months in advance
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of the final MS-DOS 3.20 binaries.
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Based on the dates of the binaries, **July 7, 1986** is considered the release date of MS-DOS 3.20.
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NOTE: Disks 1 and 2 are restored versions of the original disks, since the original disks had been slightly
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modified for personal use. The disks should be complete, and all files should be genuine and in the original
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order. As proof, the following data from Disk 1:
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00013db0 0d 0a 0d 0a 4d 69 63 72 6f 73 6f 66 74 28 52 29 |....Microsoft(R)|
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00013dc0 20 4d 53 2d 44 4f 53 28 52 29 20 20 56 65 72 73 | MS-DOS(R) Vers|
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00013dd0 69 6f 6e 20 33 2e 32 30 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ion 3.20.. |
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00013de0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 28 43 29 43 6f 70 79 72 69 | (C)Copyri|
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00013df0 67 68 74 20 4d 69 63 72 6f 73 6f 66 74 20 43 6f |ght Microsoft Co|
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00013e00 72 70 20 31 39 38 31 2d 31 39 38 36 0d 0a 0d 0a |rp 1981-1986....|
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matches the data listed at [16bitos.com](http://16bitos.com/320ms.htm), as do the MD5 checksums of IO.SYS,
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MSDODS.SYS and COMMAND.COM.
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Surprisingly Bad Bug in MS-DOS 3.20
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Surprisingly Bad Bug in MS-DOS 3.20
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