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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 21:12:06 GMT
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cjc@newsguy.com[StopSpam]
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Jasper Janssen <janssenjasper@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:57:01 GMT, Sproaticus <jsproat@geocities.com>
> wrote:
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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?
>
> 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, the only reason to use DOS
> today, is either for games compatability, in which case PCDOS sucks
> because it sin't compatible, or low hardware requirements, in which
> case it's almost always better to use MSDOS without all the nifty
> features.
Ah, so you're gonna run X on that 386/16 with 4 megs? :)
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| (...) Errr.. You prolly could, if you're just planning on running several Xterms... which was kinda the thing I meant. Actually, right here, i was just talking about DOS. You run DOS to play Doom, is about my assessment of the current situation in (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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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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