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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 17:38:08 GMT
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On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:57:01 GMT, Sproaticus <jsproat@geocities.com>
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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 -
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> 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?
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> 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.
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
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) I'm not familiar with PC-DOS, but all versions of MS-DOS up through 6.22 run great on 1MB. Even 640K. Anything more than that is just for improved application functionality/performance. Steve (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: A stupid DOS question.....
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| (...) Yes. (...) I was never a great fan of DOS...my introduction to PC's came when 3.1 windows was around. (Though then one needed to know DOS to get the most out of it....). I will be buying a couple of refurb 486's that my employers will be (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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