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From: wallwey@snoopy.Colorado.EDU (WALLWEY DEAN WILLIAM)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Million Dollar Question is.........
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Date: 28 May 90 22:21:05 GMT
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In article <45868@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> sl197009@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Chima Echeruo) writes:
>Since a large portion of the PC market is using '286 processors is there not 
>much need for a revamped MSDOS does utilizies the 286 protected mode while 
>retaining all the functions and services of it's real mode version. The 
>disadvantage would be that 8086 processors would be excluded from the new MSDOS
>, but then again anyone who is stuck with a PC does not have much need for 
>high-powered computing.
>..........
>Does anyone have any idea if microsoft is going to rewrite DOS for protected
>mode operation????

Ya, its called OS/2.  Why keep trying to string along DOS?  [Windows 3.0
seems to do much better that any of the extenders at extending DOS's
life anyways!]  It makes sense to change the entire
operatating system since any so called DOS-exteneders exclude 8086 or
even 80286s depending on which ones you are talking about.  Also all
these DOS extenders are KULDGES in my opinion, DOS was designed for the
8086 and it always will be!!!!  We need a clean break from DOS, with the
exception of Windows 3.0.  Besides OS/2 is able to handle DOS aps in
its compatibility box, and OS/2 vers 2.0 can handle multiple DOS aps in
windows----The latest PC Magazine showed OS/2 version 2.0 running Flight
Simulator in a Presentation manager window!!!![note OS/2 version 2.0
requires a ~4Megabyte 386 machine!]
better than DOS.  
 

>-------------
>Chima Echeruo
>sl197009@silver.ucs.indiana.edu 
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Dean Wallwey