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From: phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: DO$ 5.0 features
Message-ID: <1991Jun5.210939.9290@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 5 Jun 91 21:09:39 GMT
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orenalex@bimacs.BITNET (oren alex) writes:

>Jesus, when will the netpeople stop asking those questions???
>Read the title, it says "DOS 5.0"
>                         ^^^
>That means:     640K barrier (but EMS/XMS supported; leaves ~630K free),
>                EMM still needed (included in the package),
>                No multitasking (maybe DPMI support, not sure...)
>
>What you really want is OS/2 or a UNIX variant.
>
>Version 5.0 is not the answer to the prayers of furstrated DOS users,
>but it's an improvement over previous versions.
>I have a copy installed, if you like more info - email me (Serious
>questions only, please!).

I agree it is too much to expect MS to merely upgrade a product to such
high levels of performance, but I disagree that it is necessary to go
to such extremes as OS/2 and UNIX, where things all work differently,
just to get a few of the basics that should have been in DOS 1.0 from
day 1 had the programmers been given the freedom to, and had the
willingness to "do it right".
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