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From: routh@eltanin.rtp.semi.harris.com (Kevin Routh x622)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Other 4DOS Bugs?
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Date: 7 Jul 90 15:12:14 GMT
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I just downloaded 4DOS 3.01a from the net about four days ago.  I
installed it on my IBM AT at work (with EMS) and on my IBM XT
at home.  4DOS on the machine at work uses EMS swapping, but I
installed 4DOS at home to be resident in memory with the thought that
it would speed it up by avoiding a disk swap file.  Well, on the XT,
secondary shells do not receive the aliases from the primary shell.  At
work, on the AT, secondary shells do receive the aliases.  I found that 
the only difference was the swapping method (or lack thereof).  So I let
the version on the XT use disk swapping instead of being resident, and
bingo, the aliases got passed to the secondary shells.  I could not find
this behavior descibed in the manual, is this a bug or is it intentional?
Has anyone else seen this?  It's the ONLY flaw I have found so far in the
program, it's a wonderful piece of software so far.
--
Kevin Routh (routh@eltanin.rtp.semi.harris.com)
Harris Smart Power Products, Durham, NC
(919) 361-1622