Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!nstar!thevoid!FredMail From: Jonathan.Bradshaw@f310.n227.z1.rn.com (Jonathan Bradshaw) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview Subject: Re: DOS 5.00 - Release Notice and Features Message-ID: <676762314.0@thevoid.rn> Date: 12 Jun 91 22:19:10 GMT Sender: FredMail@p9.f1.n227.z1.rn.com Lines: 24 Well, I've installed IBM DOS 5.0. (Not Microsoft, since they haven't shipped me a review copy yet). It's great if you DON'T RUN QEMM/DV! The problem is: DOS= command. If you DOS=HIGH to load DOS in the HMA, you get something like 630K of conventional memory. Unfortunatly, Desqview now loads, and since it can't use the HMA takes conventional ram and your back to SQUARE ONE! Also, if you say DOS=UMB then Desqview can't use any UMBs either! I settled for leaving DOS low and using QEMM for all upper memory operations. Of course, you may as well stick with DOS 4.01! Oh, the UNFORMAT, UNDELETE and MIRROR programs are licensed from PC-Tools! At least we know they'll work So if you have PC-Tools then there is no need to upgrade either! Also, 4DOS can't seem to figure out if ANSI.SYS is loaded and is tricked into thinking it is. An anonying problem since you now get ansi codes sent to the screen. Argh... why can't DOS load itself into an UMB instead of HMA or in protected mode? Or, why can't DV!? * Origin: VOIDian Gateway of Michiana (thevoid.rn.com) (1:227/310.0)