Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!solo.csci.unt.edu!vaxb.acs.unt.edu!ff76 From: ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: How about a 4dos newsgroup? Message-ID: <1991Mar8.112355.45778@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> Date: 8 Mar 91 11:17:55 GMT References: <1828@manta.NOSC.MIL> <9241@star.cs.vu.nl> <1991Mar8.151259.16091@linus.mitre.org> Lines: 22 In article <1991Mar8.151259.16091@linus.mitre.org>, dhf@tatum.mitre.org (David H. Friedman) writes: > .. I've been seeing a lot of discussion here pertaining to specific shareware > packages, notably 4dos, and having just become a 4dos user myself, I can > see where it might be time to set up a separate newsgroup for this topic. > The same might be done for other packages when the message traffic about > them gets up to a certain level. My understanding is that this newsgroup > was meant as a companion to comp.binaries.ibm.pc and not as a general forum. > > How about it, 4dos fans? > > dhf@linus.mitre.org The appropriate newsgroup for 4DOS qusetions, IMHO, is COMP.OS.MSDOS.APPS or COMP.OS.MSDOS.MISC. While I am a regular user and fan of 4DOS, there are too many things common to 4DOS and MS-DOS to have separate lists. Also, 4DOS is, technically, a replacement of Command.com alone, and works as an *enhancement* to MS-DOS. That's simply my opinion. - Jhinuk. Jhinuk Chowdhury