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From: jerry@gumby.Altos.COM (Jerry Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Which DOS should I use?
Message-ID: <4777@gumby.Altos.COM>
Date: 4 Apr 91 21:14:13 GMT
References: <1991Mar28.205844.19975@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <5707@tellab5.tellabs.com>
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In article <5707@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.  I have a 286 w/65MEG drive now,
>running 3.2.  Of course I have two 33MEG partitions which gives
>me a C and D drive.  I really don't want to now have a C,D,E,F & F
>drive.  I can get a copy of DOS 4.0 (IBM) for a good price (free)
>but see a DOS 4.01 out there.  Will both of these let me "see"
>the full size on the C prompt?  What was the differance between
>4.0 and 4.01?  I see people talking about 4DOS but I can't FTP


Let me recommend DR DOS 5.0 by Digital Research.  This is a fully
compatible MS-DOS replacement that has many more features than any
existing (shipping) version of MS-DOS.  One of the nicest features 
it has is the ability to load-high a part of the operating system.
This frees up a big chunk of memory in the lower 640K region and
lets you run larger applications.  

It lets you have disk partitions up to 512MB.  It has built-in command
line editing similar to dosed.  It comes with a screen editor much better
than edlin. The list of additional features is too long to list here; try
it, you'll like it.

I run DR DOS on my 386-33 and have found no compatibility problems at
all.  I've successfully run Windows 3.0 in 386 enhanced mode and
DESQview 386 under DR DOS.

4DOS is not a DOS replacement.  It is a COMMAND.COM replacement.  It
still requires MS-DOS or DR DOS as the base OS.  I also highly
recommend 4DOS if you can find it (try your local BBS or shareware
distributor).



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