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From: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DOS 4.01 and SHARE.EXE
Keywords: DOS 4.01 Share
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Date: 20 Feb 90 02:39:17 GMT
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In article <29160@amdcad.AMD.COM> phil@pepsi.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai) writes:
<Do you have files larger than 32 megabytes? I
<really don't mind the partitions I use on 3.3. I keep programs on c: and
<backed it up once. Data is on d: and backed up daily. This is actually a
<convenience.
<
<Am I missing any important features of 4.01 besides large drives?

With DOS 3.3 I had a bunch of logical drives (up to drive k: or l: as I recall,
all but the last were 32 Megabytes) all JOINed to c: with DOS's command of that
name and that was fine.  Except there is a LOT of software (PCTools, file-man-
agers, add-on DOS shells) that can't handle JOINed drives.  Seems every time
I looked at another (neato-keen) program it broke if it had to deal with my
JOINed-drives-as-subdirectories scheme.  Other than that I'd RATHER use 3.3.

I never did get around to pounding the D.R. (as in Digital Research) DOS
around enough to determine its 3.3<->4.0 capability and compatibility.
Maybe I should load it up on a drive and play with it for a while.  (D.R. DOS
supports >32 megabyte partitions but in all other respects (?) is equivalent
or slightly extended from DOS3.3.)

kEITHe