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From: scjones@thor.UUCP (Larry Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: MS-DOS 4.01 vs. 3.3
Message-ID: <136@thor.UUCP>
Date: 23 Aug 90 15:56:17 GMT
References: <38144@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <2943.26d077ac@cc.helsinki.fi> <2209@cernvax.UUCP>
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In article <2209@cernvax.UUCP>, markus@cernvax.UUCP (markus baertschi) writes:
>   DOS asks you to load SHARE.EXE to map the old calls to the new calls.
>   So, if you don't run *very* old programs you don't need SHARE, but if
>   you want to absolutely shure you'll have to pay the price (memory).

There are some things that the old FCB functions do MUCH more
efficiently that the new file handle calls do, so some NEW
programs still use them.
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