Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!uhccux!munnari.oz.au!metro!grivel!gara!loki!dendres From: dendres@loki.une.oz (Endres) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: Where is the long awaited MS DOS 5.0 ? Summary: features of MSDOS 6.0 Message-ID: <1057@loki.une.oz> Date: 10 Dec 90 01:42:14 GMT References: <8550@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> <14029@gremlin.nrtc.northrop.com> Organization: University of NewEngland, Northern Rivers (Lismore) Lines: 39 In article <14029@gremlin.nrtc.northrop.com>, maurit@nrtc.nrtc.northrop.com (Mark Aurit ) writes: > In article <8550@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> thorh@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Thor Hallen) writes: > > > > Has anyone heard when MS DOS 5.0 will be introduced ? > > I have received an invite to a 5.0 "special preview" MS is putting on at > a two large hotels here, so it must be close to ship time. One of our > PC support people has a beta of 5.0 and likes it; I havent asked him much > because Im scared that if I do Ill want it and dont want to bother him; Ive > called our MS rep, but those people never return calls if it isnt directly > in their interests. > > The invite is for next Monday, the 10th. Ill post my thots. > > Mark Aurit > maurit@nrtc.northrop.com I have read in detail about the beta version of MSDOS 6.0, and what I have seen it is going to be a big success. New features include :-- 1) Better memory management procedures including the ability to load DOS into high memory. Also comes with a High memory device driver. 2) MSDOS 6.0 uses less memory to operate (a big plus over the memory hungary MSDOS 4.x). 3) The line editor (EDLIN) is replaced with a full screen editor with pull down menus. 4) GWBASIC is replaced with the more powerful QBASIC. 5) The ability to remember previous commands you have typed in rather than just the last command you typed in. That is just a taste of some of the features you will get with MSDOS 6.0 which will probably be released early next year. I can't wait !!!!