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From: ctne_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Chris Newbold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DOS 3.3 versus 4.0
Message-ID: <4491@ur-cc.UUCP>
Date: 12 Dec 89 23:16:53 GMT
References: <882@crash.cts.com> <29915@genrad.UUCP>
Reply-To: ctne_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Chris Newbold)
Organization: University of Rochester
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In article <29915@genrad.UUCP> jpn@genrad.UUCP (John P. Nelson) writes:
>>>"Standard" DOS 3.3 does not.  But I believe that NEC has enhanced 3.3
>>>to accommodate disks of greater than 32 MB.
>>
>>And so does Compaq.  Compaq MS-DOS 3.31 I am told will support DOS partitions
>>greater than 32 Mb.
>
>As will any copy of MSDOS 3.31.  Microsoft added the large partition support
>betweeen 3.30 and 3.31

Does this mean that I can drop back from 4.0 to 3.31 without having to reformat
my 60mb drive?  Compaq 3.31 is the only DOS prior to 4.0 that I've heard
supports partitions over 32mb.  If MS 3.31 *does* do large drives, will it 
run on a PS/2?





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