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Article #629Re: Are there better versions of my old DOS tools?
From: Colin Smith.
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 00:00
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In article <864309647snz@microvest.demon.co.uk>, "Anthony R. Gold"
<tgold@microvest.demon.co.uk> writes
>Some of my old DOS utilities are running out of steam with problems
>such as running out of memory when trying to log the contents of the
>newer GByte sized disks. Can anyone tell me whether the versions I
>have are the best that were released under DOS or if better versions
>are available (and from where?).
>
>These are the ones I am most interested in:
>
>1) XTreeGold Version 2.00
>
>2) The Norton Utilities
> Advanced Edition 4.50
>
>3) FastLynx, Version 1.02
> Published by Rupp Corp. Copyright (C) 1985-1989 by Sewell Development Corp.
>
>Regards,
Certainly your Xtree is old in the tooth I use 4.5 for dos, and Norton
v7 for dos, if you use win 95 you need at least Norton utilities for win
95 or version 2, v7 for dos and 3.11 will not allow you to use some of
the functions if you have Win 95.
--
Colin Smith. colskip@colskip.demon.co.uk
Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today, if you
do it today and like it, you can do it again tomorrow.
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