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In article <3neumd$ptm@odyssey.apana.org.au> 
Allen Browne <abrowne@odyssey.apana.org.au> writes:

>dave@maths.newcastle.edu.au (David M. Williams) wrote: 
>>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. 

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>>[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? 
> 
>It's a matter of taste. There is some benefit in staying with what you are 
>thoroughly familiar with. 

If you type HELP or DOSBOOK this will give an excellent on-line help for 
DR-DOS 6.0.  Browsing through this may relieve some of your frustration
at "non-MS" commands.  DR-DOS doesn't have a memory optimiser like
MEMMAKER.  In that regard DR-DOS 6 is like MS-DOS 5.  You can optimise
memory use yourself, by reading through Dosbook about memory use and the
options for EMM386.EXE (and any DR-DOS utilities that you may be 
using).  Then use MEM/ap to see a most excellent list of programs loaded
in memory, and change your autoexec.bat and config.sys files to suit.

The choice of whether you keep DR-DOS 6 or get MS-DOS 6.22 is up to
you.  If you value the familiarity of MS-DOS then get it, but if you
keep DR-DOS 6, then rest assured that this is an excellent and 
perfectly adequate DOS.

If you want further information about DR-DOS 6, and configuring memory
then feel free to email.

Cheers

Andrew McLachlan  mclachla@tui.lincoln.ac.nz