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From: phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN)
Subject: Re: DOS 5.00 - Release Notice and Features
Message-ID: <1991Jun10.193627.18400@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 19:36:27 GMT
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Jonathan.Bradshaw@thevoid.rn.com (Jonathan Bradshaw) writes:

> Unformat - Lets you recover all files on a floppy or hard disc

Hmmm, let's see, It's JUNE, not APRIL 1.

> o automaticly updates config.sys and autoexec.bat when installing

Is this "safe computing"?

> o provides an uninstall feature

Assuming it will go back down to the version you had before, it somehow
has to keep a copy of all that.

> o Safe and reliable -- more than 7000 beta testers (ed: bug free? sure!)

But aren't they bound by a gag contract?

> o Support for new 2.88MB floppy drives (ed: I want one!)

Me, too!

> o DIR /s, recursive directory search
> o DIR /o, specify sort order

Yay!

> o FORMAT, allows non-destructive RECOVERABLE quick format

NOW we see the joke from above.  I bet they are still going to get a lot
flack from people wanting to unformat a fully formatted disk.

>Ok, so now, you've seen it... bigger files but takes less conventional memory.
>Ship date is June 7th, I'll let you know when my copy comes.

Would you say "tastes great, less filling"?

Well, I would still like to have a rename ability that can actually move a file
from one directory into another just by its rename, without copying anything.
Longer file names would be nice, too.
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