Subj : 4DOS
To   : Jasen Betts
From : Peter May
Date : Sun Sep 12 2004 10:07 pm

Jasen Betts wrote in a message to Shawn Bush:

 JB> Hello Shawn.

 JB> 27 Jul 04 21:57, you wrote to Fidonet.4DOS:

 SB> Can someone tell me where I may find 4DOS?

 JB> www.jpsoft.com
 JB> simtel.net

 SB> Also is this the Multitasking FREE MS-DOS hack?

 JB> No, it's not free (shareware)  not a multitasker, and not an
 JB> operating system. the expiry feature in the shareware is harder to
 JB> circumvent with each new version. all the hacks are broken.

 JB> it is however really handy if you're rting to set up a bunch of
 JB> batch files to do some tricky things.

 JB> DRDOS 7/ personal netware will do multitasking for free. (well it's
 JB> free in Australia, I didn't pay attention to any parts of the
 JB> licence that don't apply here, there doesn't seem to be an expiry) 
 JB> novell has dropped it from its website, but I found it on some
 JB> mirror site.

 SB> I plan on running a BBS on a 386 33 Mhz 4 MB ram and a 4.3 GB HD.. I
 SB> think this owuld be ideal

 JB> dunno about that, back in the 90s people were using OS/2 or
 JB> Desqview for that. 

 JB> Jasen

 JB> ___ GoldED+/LNX 1.1.4.7
 JB>  - Origin:  (3:640/1042)
Hey Jasen,
How would he get DOS to see a 4.3 gig HD?
I'm having problems with IBM PC-DOS 7:00 seeing large drives, anything over 850 
meg and they wont boot properly when I clone my existing BBS drive over to 
them. Even if I use a newer Valuepoint with better BIOS and drivetable.
I heard somewhere the Caldera OpenDOS or DR-DOS 7:03 will see larger drives and 
will allow long filenames etc.
Also alleged that 4DOS will see larger drives.
Do you know if this information is correct?

Regards,
Peter 
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+
 * Origin:       The Junkbox BBS, Perth, Western Australia      (3:690/462)

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