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From: berggren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Eric Berggren)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Dos 5.0 & 4dos3.02a
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Date: 16 Jan 91 04:08:56 GMT
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Greg.Smith@p11.f477.n104.z1.METRONET.ORG (Greg Smith) writes:


>To: santeew@dogmatix.cs.uoregon.edu

> JW> I've heard (unsubstantiated) rumors that 4DOS3.02a is in strong
> JW> disagreement with MS-DOS 5.0 (beta-copies).  I'd like to know if
> JW> anyone out there who has both (beta) MS-DOS 5.0 and 4DOS can elaborate    JW> on any possible problems they have encountered with inconpatibilities.
> JW> How about with Dr.Dos 5.0?

>I run 4dos 3.02a with Dr-Dos 5.0, and all is well.  I have a miniscule amount of memory more than the dr command processor.  (616k free).  I highly recommend the dr-dos package, it is the best dos os I have ever used.  And 4dos makes it 10 times better.  No incompatibilities have been found, and none should...  
>
>

  and I'm running MS-DOS 5.0 with 4DOS 3.02a with no problems whatsoever,
asside from the fact 4DOS will no longer accept ( 'del .' ) >sigh<.

-e.b.

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