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From: bammi@cwruecmp.UUCP (Jwahar R. Bammi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: DOS 2.5 vs. DOS 3.0
Message-ID: <1973@cwruecmp.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Mar-87 14:21:45 EST
Article-I.D.: cwruecmp.1973
Posted: Wed Mar 18 14:21:45 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Mar-87 07:49:11 EST
References: <8703131002.AA18512@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <668@atari.UUCP>
Reply-To: ...decvax!cwruecmp!ncoast!btb (Brad Banko)
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In article <668@atari.UUCP> leavens@atari.UUCP (Alex Leavens) writes:
>> 1.  Does DOS always come with the 1050 or are those two firms actually
>>     providing something special?
>
>      Older 1050's came with 3.0, newer ones come with 2.5
>
>> 2.  If I have a choice (and it seems that I do), which DOS should I get
>>     and why?  (I know that newer does not necessarily mean "better".)
>
>      DOS 2.5 is better, because it is more compatible.
>
>> 3.  Are there any other versions of DOS that I might want to use?
>
>      I like OSS's DOS XL, but I don't think that supports the
>      higher density in the 1050.  I like DOS XL because it's a command
>      line interface, rather than a menu style.
>
>--alex @ Atari
>BIX:alexl.            GEnie: ALEXLEAVENS      AtariCorp: 408-745-2006
>
>"How can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all."


When I got my second 1050 last year, it came with DOS 3.0.  I saw a note
here on the net that if you returned you DOS 3.0 disk to Atari, they
would send you DOS 2.5, unfortunately, they charged me $15 to send me
the DOS 2.5 manual.  Get DOS 2.5 for an Atari DOS... for a 'real' dos,
I highly recommend SPARTADOS from ICD... it reads and writes just about
every disk format (transparently!!), except for DOS 2.5 which it (in the
latest release) reads all of, but can't write to the enhanced density
sectors of a DOS 2.5 enhanced format disk (it CAN write to the standard
sectors of an enhanced density disk.)


			Brad Banko
			Cleveland, Ohio
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