Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: share.exe and large media Message-ID: Date: 4 Sep 90 23:41:56 GMT References: <1990Sep1.183023.24393@momenta> Sender: news@seri.gov (news) Distribution: comp Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 24 belt@freyr.pttrnl.nl (Evert van de Belt) writes: >The same warning appears on my screen whilst booting up. I took a dive >in the user guide and there it said: "Nothing !!". So I took another >dive and this time into this network and somewhere it said that SHARE >should be loaded for DOS 4.01 to remain compatible with very old versions >of DOS like 1.**. I can't remember where I read it, but if you don't >use very old software, don't use SHARE, it will only fill precious >memory. And if you do happen to use an old program and don't have SHARE loaded, pray that you have good backups - it can trash your disk. > Good luck, You will need it if you run without SHARE. > Evert van de Belt -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future