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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 22:31:52 GMT
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On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 21:12:06 GMT, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley)
wrote:
> Jasper Janssen <janssenjasper@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:57:01 GMT, Sproaticus <jsproat@geocities.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 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? :)
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 OSes :)
Jasper
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