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From: todd@pinhead.pegasus.com (Todd Ogasawara)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: PC Tools PCFORMAT & DOS 5.0 (was DOS 5.0 & QEMM-386 5.12)
Keywords: cross-license
Message-ID: <1991Jun14.220257.4326@pinhead.pegasus.com>
Date: 14 Jun 91 22:02:57 GMT
References: <1991Jun11.215901.22013@pinhead.pegasus.com> <1991Jun13.173116.143@pinhead.pegasus.com> <1991Jun14.002829.13057@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Organization: Hawaii Medical Service Association
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In article <1991Jun14.002829.13057@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> rschmidt@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (roy schmidt) writes:
>todd@pinhead.pegasus.com (Todd Ogasawara) writes:
>>I have run into one problem though. PC Tools 6.0 PCFORMAT does not work
>>under DOS 5.0. It reports "Wrong DOS version" when I try to run it. Does

>So if you want to use PC-FORMAT version 7.0, just use the format.com
>that came with your DOS 5.0 -- it's the same!

Good point... I actually am using the FORMAT that came with DOS. My comment
about PC Tools 6.0's FORMAT not working was made because it was the first
application (commerical, shareware, or public domain) that didn't work "as
is" under DOS 5.0. Others rightly pointed out that I forgot to try SETVER
to see if it works under those conditions. In any case, I'm sure my PC
Tools 7.0 is on its way and everything will be "as usual" soon.

>Now I wonder if they managed to make PC-Cache work with Win3.0?

That would be nice... I noticed that PC-Cache 6.0 and Windows 3.0 really
messed up my hard disk (I lost megabytes of stuff). I ended up going back
to SMARTDRV.SYS for disk caching.

>And just what is a DOS 5.0 look and feel?  Maybe we should ask Lotus for
>an interpretation. :-)

My guess is "DOS 5.0 look and feel" refers to the new DOSSHELL provided
with 5.0. If you didn't look at it because of memories of that awful
so-called shell provided with 4.0, you should take a few minutes to look at
this new one. Although I would guess that most of will never use it, it
looks like something that neophyte users might find helpful. It has a much
cleaner design than the DOSSHELL that came with 4.0. I still prefer using
DESQview-386 or Windows 3.0 though.
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