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From: BHB3@PSUVM.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DOS 3.3 versus 4.0
Message-ID: <89347.135943BHB3@PSUVM.BITNET>
Date: 13 Dec 89 18:59:43 GMT
References: <882@crash.cts.com> <29915@genrad.UUCP> <4491@ur-cc.UUCP>
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In article <4491@ur-cc.UUCP>, ctne_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Chris Newbold)
says:
>
>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?
>
>
>
>
>
>--
>>>>> Chris Newbold <<<< * "If you fool around with a thing for very long you *
>University of Rochester *                 will screw it up."                 *
>Disclaimer: "All warranties expire upon payment of invoice."
>ctne_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu * uhura.cc.rochester.edu!ctne_ltd@uunet

Compaq DOS 3.31 will work on a PS/2 with drives partitions larger than 32 Mbyte
.  The latest Zenith DOS 3.31 also supports larger than 32 Mbyte partitions.
DR DOS is also worth checking out.