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From: ganter@urz.unibas.ch
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Re: DR-DOS
Message-ID: <1990Aug5.015536.859@urz.unibas.ch>
Date: 5 Aug 90 00:55:36 GMT
References: <1121@fang.dsto.oz> <8502@ur-cc.UUCP>
Organization: University of Basel, Switzerland
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In article <8502@ur-cc.UUCP>, ttak@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Timothy Takahashi) writes:
> In article <1121@fang.dsto.oz> hjh@aeg.dsto.oz.au (H.J.Harvey-AEG) writes:
>>I have been running DR-DOS V3.41 for several months and have been very pleased
>>with it.  Sure, there are a few differences, but the only real problem has
>>been its inability to work 100% with PC-NFS.
> 
> I've heard of Dr-DOS, but never actually seen anybody run it. What are the
> "few differences?" Is it better/faster/smaller than MS-DOS?
> 
> Just curious,
> 
> tim

DR-DOS is a 100% compatible OS to MS/PC-DOS (see above ...). It has some new
featuers as password locking for files and directories, partitions >32M, 
help on commands (except of internal commands of course), command history 
and so on.
But first You waste hours and hours to install it, until you accidentally boot
the system with the DR-DOS diskette inserted (it works !!).
Ok. I have compared it with 4dos, a shareware MS/PC-DOS shell.
- First, if you boot with a MS/PC-DOS diskette later, all hard work installing
passwords is useless (destroy Your floppy-drive, then it might work).
- If you need partitions >32M use DOS 4.xx and 4dos as the shell (not the
wonderfull (aaaaarghhh !) graphic shell).
- 4dos has command history too, and help is made with a interactive, mouse
driven help utility (expandable).
- And, 4dos can be swapped to EMS/XMS, RAM-Disk or normal disk, when running a
program, then only using about 4K of RAM !
- 4dos has a huge manual, DR-DOS -- I stop now, it's better.

Use 4dos and enjoy life

(available on some ftp sites, or if you don't succeed, e-mail to me and I send
it to You)

Robert