Greg.Smith@p11.f477.n104.z1.METRONET.ORG (Greg Smith) (01/12/91)
To: santeew@dogmatix.cs.uoregon.edu
JW> I've heard (unsubstantiated) rumors that 4DOS3.02a is in strong
JW> disagreement with MS-DOS 5.0 (beta-copies). I'd like to know if
JW> anyone out there who has both (beta) MS-DOS 5.0 and 4DOS can elaborate JW> on any possible problems they have encountered with inconpatibilities.
JW> How about with Dr.Dos 5.0?
I run 4dos 3.02a with Dr-Dos 5.0, and all is well. I have a miniscule amount of memory more than the dr command processor. (616k free). I highly recommend the dr-dos package, it is the best dos os I have ever used. And 4dos makes it 10 times better. No incompatibilities have been found, and none should...
Greg
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=============================================================================eric@cs.fau.edu (Eric Thav) (01/14/91)
>I've heard (unsubstantiated) rumors that 4DOS3.02a is in strong >disagreement with MS-DOS 5.0 (beta-copies). I'd like to know if >anyone out there who has both (beta) MS-DOS 5.0 and 4DOS can elaborate on >any possible problems they have encountered with inconpatibilities. >How about with Dr.Dos 5.0? I think it is for the benefit of the net, so that rumors such as this can be substantiated before they get out of hand. 4DOS 3.02a (and its successor-in-beta-test 4DOS 4.0) work PERFECTLY fine with MS-DOS 5.0 beta copies. I am running both programs and I'd swear they're made for each other. Sure, DOS 5.0, when released, will be, IMNSHO, be the cat's meow, but it still doesn't have (nor should we ever expect) the great wealth of features that 4DOS has. As for DR-DOS 5.0, it will work with DR-DOS 5.0, but they don't get along as well. I don't have any specific information as what is wrong between the two, but I do know "something" exists between the two that one or the other doesn't like very much. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Thav Editor/Publisher, Eric Thav's South Florida BBS List GEnie: E.THAV PC Link: EricThav INTERNET: eric@acc.fau.edu PRODIGY: NMVG80A FAUVAX: eric BITNET: eric@fauvax
Greg.Smith@p11.f477.n104.z1.METRONET.ORG (Greg Smith) (01/15/91)
In a message to All <13 Jan 91 22:34> Eric Thav wrote:
ET> 4DOS 3.02a (and its
ET> successor-in-beta-test 4DOS 4.0) work PERFECTLY fine with
Ooo. I can't wait for 4.00!
ET> As for DR-DOS 5.0, it will work with
ET> DR-DOS 5.0, but they don't get along as
ET> well. I don't have any specific
ET> information as what is wrong between the two,
ET> but I do know "something" exists between
ET> the two that one or the other doesn't
ET> like very much.
It gets along better than it did with Ms-Dos 3.30 now that I'm using Dr-Dos 5.0. Any ideas as to what someone think is wrong? (anyone?)
Greg
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=============================================================================berggren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Eric Berggren) (01/16/91)
Greg.Smith@p11.f477.n104.z1.METRONET.ORG (Greg Smith) writes: >To: santeew@dogmatix.cs.uoregon.edu > JW> I've heard (unsubstantiated) rumors that 4DOS3.02a is in strong > JW> disagreement with MS-DOS 5.0 (beta-copies). I'd like to know if > JW> anyone out there who has both (beta) MS-DOS 5.0 and 4DOS can elaborate JW> on any possible problems they have encountered with inconpatibilities. > JW> How about with Dr.Dos 5.0? >I run 4dos 3.02a with Dr-Dos 5.0, and all is well. I have a miniscule amount of memory more than the dr command processor. (616k free). I highly recommend the dr-dos package, it is the best dos os I have ever used. And 4dos makes it 10 times better. No incompatibilities have been found, and none should... > > and I'm running MS-DOS 5.0 with 4DOS 3.02a with no problems whatsoever, asside from the fact 4DOS will no longer accept ( 'del .' ) >sigh<. -e.b. ============================================================================== Eric Berggren | "Round and round the while() loop goes; Computer Science/Eng. | Whether it stops," Turing says, berggren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu | "nobody knows."
ariel@seer.UUCP (Catherine Hampton) (01/19/91)
In article <1991Jan12.023802.11205@cs.uoregon.edu> santeew@dogmatix.cs.uoregon.edu (John Wes Santee) writes: >I've heard (unsubstantiated) rumors that 4DOS3.02a is in strong >disagreement with MS-DOS 5.0 (beta-copies). I'd like to know if >anyone out there who has both (beta) MS-DOS 5.0 and 4DOS can elaborate on >any possible problems they have encountered with inconpatibilities. J. P. Software has been beta-testing DOS 5.0 for months. According to Tom Rawson there, last I spoke with him, there were no major conflicts. This was some months ago, though. >How about with Dr.Dos 5.0? Don't know, and am also interested. Anyone out there tested 4DOS with Dr. DOS 5.0? >If there are conflicts do you know if there is another version of 4DOS >pending release with DOS5? There is another version of 4DOS due out in a couple of months. I don't think it's particularly geared to DOS 5.0, but it stands to reason it would probably work with it. Catherine Hampton _________________________________________________________________________ Internet: ariel@seer.mystic.com GEnie: C.HAMPTON3 hampton@reed.edu CIS: 71601,3130