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Article #315Re: DOS 4.0 versus DOS 3.3 ... so?
From: C.M. Stuntz
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 1990 04:58
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 1990 04:58
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In article <1J37g2w161w@cattie.UUCP> cattie!marks@hutch.UUCP (Mark Schaffer) writes:
>What exactly are advantages that DOS 4.0 has over DOS 3.3? I know that
>DOS 4.0 can handle partitions larger than 32MB, but is there anything
>else?
>
well , it has a shell ( from what i've
heard it's not very good ) and it makes better use of expanded memory ,
but the biggest advantage that i've heard of so far is that it uses 2KB
clusters instead of 4K with previous versions . this frees up hard drive
space , if you have lots of small files , but you must re-fromat ( high
level ) your hard drive . i've not switched yet , though ...
-a.stranger
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!peregrine!ccicpg!cci632!rit!ultb!cms2839 From: cms2839@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.M. Stuntz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer Subject: Re: DOS 4.0 versus DOS 3.3 ... so? Keywords: DOS4.0, DOS3.3, why, why not Message-ID: <2713@ultb.isc.rit.edu> Date: 8 Apr 90 04:58:28 GMT References: <1J37g2w161w@cattie.UUCP> Reply-To: cms2839%ritvax.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu Organization: Information Systems and Computing @ RIT, Rochester, New York Lines: 18