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From: hrbaan@praxis.cs.ruu.nl (Hayo Baan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: MS-DOS 3.3 or 4.01?
Message-ID: <4260@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl>
Date: 12 Nov 90 09:20:34 GMT
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In <71077@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> beckman@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Peter Beckman) writes:

->I'm building a 386 system.  Do I want to buy MS-DOS 3.3 or 4.01?
->Thanks for your help.  -Pete
->
->beckman@copper.ucs.indiana.edu

As I am using a 386 + VGA system my self, I have the following to say :

You'll probably want the 4.01 for the extra features such as :
- > 32MEG partitions,
- being able to set yer screen to 50 (if yer using VGA) or 43 (if yer using
  EGA) lines by just using the mode command.
- Nicer/improved commands, such as MEM, which shows allot more debug info than
  the old 3.3 version!
- ... (There are more advantages, but I can't think of them right now)

There are some disadvantages as well :
- It takes up more memory than 3.3. (This didn't bother me much, although I
  had to adjust some parameters of the AUTOCAD program...)
- ... (You'll get some more from other posts)

One more thing that I found out is that if you're using 4.01 it is a major
set back if you have to be working on a machine with 3.3 installed.
Concluding : USE  4.01 instead of 3.3

PS. I've heard of DOS 5.0 which can allmost be completely installed in
    EXPANDED/EXTENDED memory, but I am not sure that it is availlable yet

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