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From: ee5391aa@hydra.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax)
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Subject: Re: DOS's Hidden UN*X-like Behavior
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Date: 24 Dec 89 20:26:26 GMT
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In article <1989Dec23.024131.6399@eng.umd.edu> linco@eng.umd.edu (Sam Lin)
writes:
>I have been experimenting with trying to make DOS 3.1 more UN*X-like, because
>it is a real pain switching between UN*X and DOS between my Sun and my PC.
>Recently, I got a hold of PICNIX3 from grape.ecs.clarkson.edu, and playing
>with the SWITCHAR command has yielded some interesting discoveries.
(balance deleted for brevity of length of this very message, and to eliminate
duplication and redundancy....

Look up a critter called 4dos. I got mine off of 128.252.135.4 (D.B.A.
wuarchive.wustl.edu) which seems to have just about all the messdos stuff
carried by SIMTEL20 and, at least from this site, is a good bit faster over
internet. Check the /mirrors/msdos directory, and glance at /usenet/comp.
binaries.ibm.pc.

4dos is a replacement for command.com which:

		Ahem. Supports	aliases,
				history,
				UN?X expansion of '*',
				improved editing of command lines,
				a variety of new "internal" commands,
				and a variety of improvements on the regular
					commands.

I can't speak from experience yet; this acct. is going away in a few more days,
and I'm busy pumping loads of PD software and sharware over this system while
I still can. 2400 bps is slower than internet at its worst. After that's over,
I'll reconfigure with 4dos & see if I like it. Then, I'll probably "byte" the
bullet, and send in the shareware registration fee.

Yeah, that's right, actually SEND IN a registration fee. Considering what's
going on in Eastern Europe, I don't think too many people will notice.

						d



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