Subj : Ms-Dos 4.0 Open-Sourced
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri May 03 2024 14:19:58

  Re: Ms-Dos 4.0 Open-Sourced
  By: MIKE POWELL to BF2K+ on Fri May 03 2024 08:25 am

 MP> It did seem to work out that way... 3.3 and 5.0 seemed more stable than
 MP> 4.x and 6.0.  6.22 was OK, I guess, but in the applications I used I
 MP> really didn't notice much of a difference between it and 5.0.

 MP> I think the only thing 6.22 had that I used that 5.0 didn't was SCANDISK
 MP> (vs. CHKDSK).  Even then, I didn't necessarily see that as much of an
 MP> improvemt, although it did have the graphical representation of where it
 MP> was scanning.

One thing I liked that was introduced in MS-DOS 6.0 was the ability to have multiple startup configurations in CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT.  So, for instance, you could have one startup configuration for everyday use and another configuration for an application that requires more memory, more possible open files, etc..

https://smallvoid.com/article/dos-multiple-configurations.html

Nightfox
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