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Re: A stupid DOS question.....
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:57:01 GMT
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Jasper Janssen wrote:
> > IBM's PC DOS version 6.3....
> PC-DOS?!? 6.3 ?!?!
> Ewwww.
> There. Now that that's off my chest: Just get a set of 6.22s -
Didn't PC-DOS have a bunch of really cool features that MS-DOS never
had, such as reliable task-switching and reliable disk compression,
among other things?
I'm always looking out for good replacements for MS-DOS, from the 4DOS
replacement command shell to something like Caldera's Open DOS. I'm not
jumping on the anti-MS bandwagon, but I'm not a cheerleader for MS'
products, either.
Cheers,
- jsproat
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) If you _really_ want a command line interface that runs on pretty modest comps, install Linux. Slackware 3.4 works off of 4 megs, even, with some fiddling. Actually, my sentiments run more like: ewwww. DOS. :) Jasper (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: A stupid DOS question.....
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| (...) Well, disk compression sucks whatever the platform, and task-switching without the facility to see both programs at the same time, and preferably at least semi-true multitasking, so both run at the same time, is only half a solution. Besides, (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) PC-DOS?!? 6.3 ?!?! Ewwww. There. Now that that's off my chest: Just get a set of 6.22s - available prolly even legally very cheap. And they're only 3 disks, and a better dos than pc-dos :) Jasper (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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