The FreeDOS Beta 2 "Marvin" distribution was released 28 October 1998.
Codename
When Jim started the FreeDOS Project, Jim was a physics student at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Marvin was a UWRF VAX system that was being de-commissioned at about the time Jim announced FreeDOS Beta 2.
History
This Wayback snapshot says the Beta 2 install instructions were written 29 Oct 1998, but may have been written after the fact. Assume 28 Oct 1998 for Beta 2 release date.
Announcement
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