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Article #10658Re: 4DOS vs MSDOS 5.0; Digital by Design
From: michael.j.knudsen
Date: Fri, 24 May 1991 16:43
Date: Fri, 24 May 1991 16:43
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Someone was asking the other day how to get 4DOS. I found it for $2.95 on one of those "Digital By Design" racks full of catchware* that have popped up in drug and hardware stores. I bought it but haven't tried it yet. Wonder how up-to-date it is? Probably have to send in the shareware fee to get the latest. *By "catchware" I mean that a lot of the D-by-D stuff is either shareware that expects you to send in money (OK by me, cheaper than downloading off a BBS), or more commonly a demo version that's either crippled or has major pieces missing (e.g., ALT). Actually ALT has some useful stuff on the disk. Those D-by-D disks are a mixed bag. One disk has two crappy games (act like they were in BASIC) and one great PacMan game. The language-practice disks are 1981-vintage BASIC, but still worth the $3 apiece. Anyone else have comments on these goodies? -- "What America needs is A Thousand Points When Lit..." knudsen@iceland.att.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!att!cbnewsd!knudsen From: knudsen@cbnewsd.att.com (michael.j.knudsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: 4DOS vs MSDOS 5.0; Digital by Design Summary: easy to find 4DOS Message-ID: <1991May24.164356.1892@cbnewsd.att.com> Date: 24 May 91 16:43:56 GMT Article-I.D.: cbnewsd.1991May24.164356.1892 References: <22885@shlump.lkg.dec.com> Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 21