baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) (12/02/89)
Here are the results of the 3.30 vs 4.01 poll. It turns out to be very
close vote.
19 votes (43%) for 3.30
21 votes (48%) for 4.01
4 votes ( 9%) for liking 3.30 & 4.01 equally well
People have also sent me many comments on what they like or didn't like
about 3.30 and 4.01.
o 3.30 is limited by 32MB in its hard disk partitions while 4.01 can
have much larger partitions.
o 4.01 installation was cumbersome while it was more straight forward
with 3.30
o 4.01 uses more RAM (70K) than 3.30.
o TSR's running on 3.30 might not run in 4.01.
o People had mixed reviews with 4.01's dos shell. Some people liked it,
some didn't.
o The DOS commands in 4.01 were improved over that of 3.30
o 4.01 has some extras such as a better file handling, EMS386.SYS
driver that allows the use of 384K extended memory and GRAPHICS.COM
for CGA & VGA use.
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