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WANTED: 486 or Pentium laptop to run DOS 6.22 Clueless in Seattle 07-11-2008
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Posted by Richard Bonner on July 18, 2008, 8:44 am
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BillW50 (BillW50@aol.kom) wrote:

> Richard Bonner typed on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:50:02 +0000 (UTC):
> > *** I run DOS exclusively, having dumped Windoze in 1999. I would
> > recommend a newer version of DOS. DR (dee-are) or Free DOS would be my
> > favourites, with 4DOS as a primary or secondary shell.
> >
> > Both support FAT 32 and large hard drives.
> >
> > Richard Bonner

> I always liked changing the System.ini shell=explorer.exe to
> shell=command.com. Thus you end up with no Windows GUI and a multitasking
> DOS with FAT32 with long filename support. Although Windows support is still
> there if you need it. As you can still run Windows programs if you wanted
> too.
> --
> Bill

*** Good point. For myself, however, the nuisance of Windoze
necessitated its complete removal for the goodness of my health. (-:

Richard Bonner
http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/

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