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Hello all!
  My father recently bought a second-hand NEC 386DX PowerMate.  I have some
questions about using it, and increasing the speed of DOS and Windows.

[1]  Firstly, the PC came with a 5 1/4" drive as A: and a 3 1/2" drive as B:.
     My father opened the case and swapped the plugs around and now a command
     such as DIR A: accesses the 3 1/2" drive as desired.  However, all sorts
     of programs (such as MSD) still believe the drives to be configured as
     before.  My understanding is that we need to get into the BIOS setup
     menu to tell the computer the new drive configuration.  Unfortunately we
     have no idea what keys to press to get into the BIOS setup!  I have tried
     DEL, CTRL/ALT/S and all sorts of things.  Does anyone know?

[2]  Secondly, it is a 386DX which I understand to mean has a 32-bit bus.  Will
     installing the WIN32S software give increased performance in Windows?  If
     not, what is the WIN32S stuff actually for?

[3]  What about the 32-bit disk access under the Virtual Memory setting from
     the Control Panel?  What does that do?  Presently it is off.  Should we
     turn it on?

[4]  What is DR. DOS 6.0 like, as well?  This is the OS that came with the
     computer.  I would really prefer to put DOS 6.22 on which I am familiar
     with, but if DR. DOS is better than that would be the wisest choice.
     However, it is frustrating trying to work out the equivalent DR. DOS
     commands for all the MS-DOS command which I am familiar with.  I have
     managed to work out DISKOPT is the same as DEFRAG and EDITOR is the same
     as EDIT, but what is the DR. DOS equivalent of MEMMAKER?

[5]  While on the subject, can I use, say, the DOS 6.2 upgrade if I were to
     put MS-DOS on, or do I need to use the MS-DOS 6.22 disks which come with
     new computers?

Thanks a lot !!

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