re: MS-DOS for PC-DITTO

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From: FXDDR
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1987 23:52

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I went ahead and bought a copy of pc-ditto and found the answer to the
dos question in the readme file.  Turns out it will use either compaq
or ibm ms-dos -AND- can boot off dos 2.x if it is on a SS 3.5" disk.
Since I happen to have an ancient copy of ms-dos 2.x from an ancient
pc incompatible I've got in the closet, I used that (had a friend format
my disk on a PC and transfer the system).  Everything works.
Now I can run my few PC programs without having to crank up the Compaq
at work with its grossly deformed keyboard.  They are a bit slow but
they get the job done.

I hope Atari will COMPLETELY FORGET about all projects in the 80xx
world and concentrate on the 680x0 world.  The pc clone world has
gotten so confused in the last six months with all the compatibility
questions raised by the 80386 and ps/2 and os/2 and dos 3 and windows
and presentation manager etc etc that no vendor (or user) in its
right mind would get involved with that mess.  I'm glad that I've
no longer got any good reason to get slimed in the pc world thanks
to pc-ditto...

Don
FXDDR@ALASKA.BITNET

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