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In article <1992Dec28.041533.6795@netcom.com> ergo@netcom.com (Isaac Rabinovitch) writes:

>This is an issue of backward-compatiblity, which is the only reason
>any of us are bothering with Windows in the first place.  All of us
>have DOS applications we need to use.  

I've basically switched over to all-Windows apps. The only DOS-based
apps I use are some of Novell's network consoles. I hope they come 
out with Windows versions soon. I agree that DOS apps are nicer in a 
Window but Windows apps are nicer - no need to worry about strange 
memory managers etc.

>(If you're not a DOSier, why
>not buy a Mac, now that they're the same price?)  

Ummm.. they aren't. They're slow. Mac OS is annoying once you've 
been using Windows for a while. Enough said 9-)

>In standard mode,
>you *cannot* run DOS programs and Windows simultaneously; you can only
>suspend Windows until you are done with the DOS program.  That makes
>using DOS and Windows software together pretty painful.  In enhanced
>mode, you can use a DOS program almost as if it were a Windows
>program, with cut&paste, side-by-side programs, etc.   I find most of
>my DOS programs easier to use under Windows enhanced mode than when
>they have the machine all to themselves.

Agreed here. I love WP 5.1 in a little 4x6" window! Though I've gone 
over to Word 2 entirely I still have to know and support WP 5.1. I 
do still use InfoSelect for DOS but now the Windows version has come 
out.




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