bcorrie@csr (Brian Corrie) (06/12/91)
Hello folks,
I'm a newbie to the IBM PC world, and have heard a bit about version 5.0.
Can someone tell me about what it offers that earlier versions do not.
Maybe a reference to a publication or two that have reviews of it.
Thanks,
B
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Brian Corrie (bcorrie@csr.uvic.ca)
Under the most rigorously controlled conditions of pressure, temperature,
volume, humidity and other variables, the organism will do as it damn well
pleases. Sounds like some of the code I have written...... 8-)brigc@world.std.com (Brig C McCoy) (06/13/91)
In article <bcorrie.676744442@csr> bcorrie@csr (Brian Corrie) writes: >Hello folks, > >I'm a newbie to the IBM PC world, and have heard a bit about version 5.0. >Can someone tell me about what it offers that earlier versions do not. >Maybe a reference to a publication or two that have reviews of it. > [...] > Brian Corrie (bcorrie@csr.uvic.ca) Check the 10 June issue of PC Week and the current issue of InfoWorld for particulars, but here's a quick look at the new stuff that I like: Three utilities purchased from Central Point Software... MIRROR - Duplicates the FAT table, allowing recovery from some drive problems. UNDELETE - Like the name says... works pretty good. UNFORMAT - Lets you unformat a disk if somebody goofs up. Several other additions... DOSSHELL - Much improved DOS shell... much better than the piece of caca in DOS 4.01, still no competition for MAC interface. EDIT - An almost acceptable text editor... no more EDLIN! HELP - On-line help utility for most commands. DEVICEHIGH & LOADHIGH - Lets you load device drivers and programs into "high" memory (above 640K). DOSKEY - Command-line editing and macros. QBASIC - Subset of Quick Basic... big improvement over BASICA/GW-BASIC. SETVER - Lets DOS lie to stupid programs... if they require a specific version of DOS, this lets DOS say it's Version 3.3, or whatever. +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brig C. McCoy -- "Standard disclaimers" | | Systems Administrator -- | | Soft-tek International -- Internet: brigc@world.std.com | | 1999 North Amidon, Suite 340 -- Voice: 316 838-7200 | | Wichita, KS 67203-2124 -- Fax: 316 838-3789 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+