[offer] Word 3.0 for DOS - Network version [5.25] (SCP, IMZ)

callmejack

This is the network version of Word 3.0 for DOS.

SCP dumps show a bad sector on track 40 for all disks (except learning), I don't know if this is significant.

https://mega.nz/file/vDgSUTQB#DTyStQX9467zrprej9ZjJi3-Q4IlsmIV14ufPFEDXyI

ibmpc5150

Thanks very much.

I think disk 1 seems to be modified.
I attached fixed image of disk 1.

tarlabnor

Thank you for this release.

The only sector on track 40 (the one with bad crc) is just an FM-encoded sector with duplicator info. It doesn't affect any of MS Word files.

So it's a good dump.

callmejack

@tarlabnor thanks for the confirmation, I thought it might have been some kind of copy protection.

callmejack

@ibmpc5150 thanks for the fix. What was the modification?

johnlennon364

Nice Find @callmejack I seen a Microsoft Word 4.0 Academic Edition on Ebay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Microsoft-Word-version-4-0-Academic-Edition-3-5-Diskette-1987-New-Box-/254668271913

hampa

@callmejack The first disk contains two deleted temporary files. This happens when Word is run from the original disk without write protection. @ibmpc5150 removed the directory entries for those two files and cleared the sectors they formerly used.

However, I think in this case the disk might be original as is. I see no indication in the flux data that it has been written to. My guess would be that someone at Microsoft ran the application before it was mastered.

ibmpc5150

@hampa

I attached the screenshot of Disk 1 and Disk 2

Two files are deleted on Disk 1, but they're not attributed and different time/date/year stamp with undeleted files.

(*Another one file is deleted on Disk 2, but a)

Of coursed I fixed disk 1 without verification.

I hope SCP program support to check track/sector status jist like KF.