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Article #845Re: DR-DOS
From: H.J.Harvey-AEG
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 1990 00:12
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 1990 00:12
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bianco@cs.odu.edu (David J. Bianco) writes:
>Since DR-DOS allows 512MB partitions if you have the space, it's disk
>structure is inherently non-standard (or at least, not what 3.x uses.
>I dont know about DOS 4.x, since I dont have it). This gave TC++
> etc.....
DR-DOS V3.41 is very similar to Compaq DOS V3.31, which was one of the first
MS-DOS variants to introduce >32Mb partitions. In fact it identifies itself
as DOS V3.31 when you do an INT 21H/fn 30H. Also, it will play havoc with
any program that doesn't know how to handle the larger partitions. That is
why programs like NORTONs had to be re-released for Compaq DOS and MS-DOS
V4.0
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