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From: tporczyk@na.excelan.com (Tony Porczyk)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Which DOS should I get? (again)
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Date: 30 Mar 91 07:16:26 GMT
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In article <5706@tellab5.tellabs.com> dawdy@tellabs.com (Dan Dawdy) writes:
>I am buying a new 386DX/25 with a 130MEG hard drive.  I am not
>sure which DOS version to get. [...]
>4.0 and 4.01?  I see people talking about 4DOS but I can't FTP
>from my sight :-(  Any help would be great.
>

Now you're talking... :)
Wait for a couple of months, get DOS 5.0. All features of 4.01, single
partitions, + more, without the bugs of 4.01.
4DOS is not DOS, it is a COMMAND.COM replacement. It will run on top of
DOS 5.0 very nicely (I know, I do it). You don't have to ftp 4DOS, you
can get it directly from JP Software, email them for details at:
75300.210@compuserve.com
Good luck - if you have to use DOS, 5.0 and 4DOS are a nice combination.

Tony