Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!sjsca4!chomolungma!poffen From: poffen@chomolungma (Russ Poffenberger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Anybody used 4DOS version 2.21 Message-ID: <1989Nov21.052049.19032@sj.ate.slb.com> Date: 21 Nov 89 05:20:49 GMT References: <5706@shlump.nac.dec.com> <933@sdrc.UUCP> <2853@hydra.gatech.EDU> <971@ul.ie> Reply-To: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) Organization: Schlumberger ATE, San Jose, CA Lines: 42 In article <971@ul.ie> mckeonj@ul.ie (JOHN MCKEON: STYX RBBS-PC LIMERICK) writes: >In article <2853@hydra.gatech.EDU>, bb16@prism.gatech.EDU (Scott Bostater) writes: >> In article <933@sdrc.UUCP>, scjones@sdrc.UUCP (Larry Jones) writes: >>> In article <5706@shlump.nac.dec.com>, wales@gidday.enet.dec.com (David Wales) writes: >>>> >>>> I recently downloaded 4DOS version 2.21 from a bulletin board and have >>>> installed it on my PC's at work and home. It looks to be a VERY good product >>>> so far with many enhancements over command.com. Has anybody else used it adn >>>> if so have you found any problems with it? I am running it on 286 systems >>>> under MS-DOS 3.3. Also, is version 2.21 the latest? It is so far in >>>> Australia >>>> but we can be a bit slow in the update department sometimes. >>> >>> Yes, 2.21 is the latest version. I used it for less that a day.... >> ^^^^ >> |-- (turn nit-pick mode on) >> >> Sorry, but I just downloaded 4dos22a.zip from grape.ecs.clarkson.edu on >> 10-26-89. It's a great product and I'll be sending the registration form in >> as soon as payday roles around :) The on-line help program is especially nice >> since I'm almost always dealing with inexperienced DOS people. The only problem >> I've seen with it is that it takes more memory than command.com if you don't >> have EMS. I too downloaded 2.2 from a bulletin board and it is now the only command processor I use. Command.com doesn't even compare. The only irritating thing I have found is using it with extended text modes on a VGA monitor, the help window gets all scrambled and such. Other than that (since command.com doesn't have it at all, I can't complain much), it has been working flawlessly. I specially like the alias feature. Since I use unix all day at work on a Sun workstation, I can set up aliases like ls, mv, cp, and more that mirror the unix functions quite nicely. Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254 ------------------------- In a dictatorship, people suffer without complaining. In a democracy, people complain without suffering.