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From: kjh@pollux.usc.edu (Kenneth J. Hendrickson N8DGN)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: dos version upgrade
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Date: 7 Feb 90 02:22:06 GMT
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I am going to upgrade my version of DOS (despite how poor the O/S is),
in order to use 1.44 MB floppies.  (Only version 3.3 and up supports
this).  I would like comments on these questions and related issues:

1)	What bugs in 3.3 or 4.0 have been found?  Have they been
	corrected?  Are the patches available?

2)	What significant advantages does 4.0 offer over 3.3?  What
	disadvantages does version 4.0 have compared to 3.2?

3)	I understand that some of my existing software won't work under
	4.0.  I am speaking specifically of the Norton Utilities; the
	FAT is allegedly different on 4.0 than previous versions.  Does
	anybody know if the Norton Utilities version 4.5 (Advanced
	Edition) works with DOS 4.0?  Is there other software which
	won't work correctly with DOS 4.0?

If you have information that is relevant, but not specifically requested
here, would you please share it?  Thank you.

Additional Note:  I will also be runing minix on my PC.  Minix will
probably be my primary operating system, except where I want to use
some DOS applications.  Minix is a Unix version 7 operating system
written by Andy Tanenbaum, and is available very cheaply (~$100).
Source code is included for this price!  For more information, read
comp.os.minix.

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