Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!sumax!halcyon!ralphs From: ralphs@halcyon.wa.com (Ralph Sims) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: MS-DOS 4.01 vs. 3.3 Message-ID: Date: 21 Aug 90 03:57:27 GMT References: <56756@microsoft.UUCP> Organization: The 23:00 News Lines: 31 steveha@microsoft.UUCP (Steve Hastings) writes: [things about DOS 4.x deleted] > If you want a disk partition >32MB, you must load SHARE.EXE each time you > boot up or else risk losing data. (The people I have asked about > NOSHARE.EXE, which is available on USENET, have all told me they think it > is a bad idea. Use the real thing, SHARE.EXE.) > Bottom line: if you want a large disk partition and you don't run huge > programs and/or lots of TSRs (i.e. you don't mind the extra RAM > requirements) feel free to run DOS 4.01. If DOS 3.x makes you happy, keep > running it. If you don't want to hassle with 4.x, try COMPAQ DOS 3.31, >32meg partitions, no SHARE, etc. needs to be loaded, works with Windows, takes less memory. That's why there's different flavors of ice cream. > IBM engineers did DOS 4.00 and Microsoft engineers were embarrassed to have > the Microsoft name associated with such a product. They are determined > that DOS 5.00 will be lean, mean, and bug-free. It is a matter of honor > now! At last! :-) I've found COMPAQ DOS 3.31 and 4DOS 3.01 the best of all possible worlds, but then again, I don't have beaucoup memory to lose myself in. -- "Reality is for people who lack imagination."