Subj : Ms-Dos 4.0 Open-Sourced
To   : Nightfox
From : Roon
Date : Sat May 04 2024 00:36:17

Hello Nightfox,

03 May 24 14:19, you wrote to MIKE POWELL:

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

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

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

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

let me just drop this link here as well:
https://www.philscomputerlab.com/ms-dos-starter-pack.html


Regards,
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dp

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