Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!virtue!canterbury.ac.nz!phys169 From: phys169@canterbury.ac.nz Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: DR-DOS ver 5.0 Message-ID: <1990Sep17.111341.9172@canterbury.ac.nz> Date: 17 Sep 90 01:37:53 GMT References: <1990Aug13.162833.19793@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK> <15160001@hpspcoi.HP.COM> <1990Sep12.101927.9142@canterbury.ac.nz> <1990Sep12.133600.3281@uncecs.edu> Organization: University of Canterbury Lines: 15 In article <1990Sep12.133600.3281@uncecs.edu>, mvolo@uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow) writes: > Is it true that one can write-protect subdirectories? Yes, write-protect, read-protect and delete-protect files and directories. > > If a PC is being used both for business and recreation, is DR-DOS 5.0 > compatible with game software? So far it seems to be. > > Is popping to DOS from within a program possible in DR-DOS 5.0? You mean, like Alt-F-O form Turbo Pascal? Yep. Just like MS-DOS. > P.S. I'll be trying windows 3 soonish. It says it can do it, but I'd like to check myself. Mark Aitchison.