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In article <belt.652436461@freyr>, belt@freyr.pttrnl.nl (Evert van de Belt) writes:
> So I took another
> dive and this time into this network and somewhere it said that SHARE
> should be loaded for DOS 4.01 to remain compatible with very old versions
> of DOS like 1.**. I can't remember where I read it, but if you don't
> use very old software, don't use SHARE, it will only fill precious
> memory.

Allow me to reiterate once again -- SHARE is required for the old (DOS
1) FCB functions to work correctly on large partitions.  Although DOS
2.0 introduced handle functions which were intended to replace the FCB
functions, there are some cases where the FCB functions are much more
efficient than the handle functions so THEY ARE STILL USED IN SOME NEW
SOFTWARE.  If you have a large DOS 4 partition and you don't load
SHARE, sooner or later you WILL have to restore your disk from a
backup because some piece of software has trashed it.
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