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From: frank@odetics.com (Frank Merrow)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: MS/PC DOS 3.3 vs 4.? (which is better?)
Message-ID: <1990Oct15.025303.6582@odetics.com>
Date: 15 Oct 90 02:53:03 GMT
Reply-To: frank@odetics.UUCP (Frank Merrow)
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Hi - I have a quick question,

I have been running under the assumption that DOS 4.x is NOT the way to
go.  I guess someplace I heard that it is MUCH bigger than 3.3 and that
the "graphical interface" (is this COMMAND.COM?) is not that good.  In
scanning some other News I happened to notice that 4.x supports disc
partitions bigger than 32K.  IF THIS IS TRUE it is a VERY big plus.  Is
the shell really all that bad.  Does is really support partition bigger
than 32K?  Do you have to use this "graphical interface" or is there
something more like COMMAND.COM included also?  How does Windows 3.0 and
DOS 4.x get along.  How about utilities like Mace and Fastback - do they
have problems with the large partitions?  I assume that even though
the Hard Disc is a large partition that the standard floppies still
work too (even Microsoft would not dare screw up that bad).

Frank
frank@odetics.com