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Article #9930Re: dos 3.3 or 4.01
From: Meir
Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 19:15
Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 19:15
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In article <5345@network.ucsd.edu> nbeck@weber.ucsd.edu (Nathaniel Beck) writes: >I am getting a new 486 and Gateway will install either Dos 3.3 or >4.01 at my option. With an 80M HD it would be nice to avoid having >C, D and E drives using Dos 4.01. But I remember that a while ago >people shied away from 4.01 because it was reputed to be buggy. Is >this still the case, and should I stick with tried and true 3.3? No. According to all reports (I haven't used it but plan to), Digital Research's DR DOS 5.0 is superior to DOS 3.3 and DOS 4.* but totally compatible (except for DOS utilities, of course). Otherwise, I would stick with 3.3. * * * * * * * ======================= Meir Green * * * * * * * * ======================= mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu * * * * * * * ======================= N2JPG
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!mig From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: dos 3.3 or 4.01 Message-ID: <1991May15.191539.30708@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 15 May 91 19:15:39 GMT References: <5345@network.ucsd.edu> Sender: usenet@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Network News) Reply-To: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir) Organization: Columbia University Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu