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From: halcyon!ralphs@seattleu.edu (Ralph Sims)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: 4DOS Questions
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Date: 6 Mar 91 14:59:00 GMT
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CTuna@cup.portal.com (Image - BBS) writes:

> I just added 4DOS to my system, and have fallen in love with it... 
> however, since adding it, I cannot shell to DOS or any DOS functions
> from within any programs.  Did I do something wrong, or is this going
> to wait to be fixed until I get the registration in and get the
> swapping version?

4DOS is fully functional, and not crippled in any way.  Actually, all
you get when you register it (aside from warm, fuzzy feelings and all
that goes with paying for what you use and the registered support) is
that the beeps on boot-up are removed as well as the short delay that
comes up.  Anyway, make sure you have a statement similar to the
following: 'set comspec=c:\4dos.com' in your autoexec.bat file.  Also,
not knowing what sort of memory, machine type, etc. you having, but
hoping it has EMS, 'use shell=c:\4dos.com /e:1024U /U /a:2048 /s:b /p'
or something similar in your config.sys.  The /s:b will use 'best way'
swapping.

You can rename 4DOS.COM to COMMAND.COM and use it in 95% of all
applications--there may be some programs that patch the memory-resident
'kernel' of command.com and look for specific things in specific parts
of memory to play with (you'll know pretty soon which programs these
are--they'll either lock the machine or will fail to run).

Another thing to look for is copies of MS-DOS's command.com in the root
directories of the applications you're trying to run--get rid of them,
or rename 4dos.com to command.com and replace them.





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