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Article #14262Re: MSDOS 5.0
From: Brig C McCoy
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 04:02
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 04:02
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In article <bcorrie.676744442@csr> bcorrie@csr (Brian Corrie) writes:
>Hello folks,
>
>I'm a newbie to the IBM PC world, and have heard a bit about version 5.0.
>Can someone tell me about what it offers that earlier versions do not.
>Maybe a reference to a publication or two that have reviews of it.
>
[...]
> Brian Corrie (bcorrie@csr.uvic.ca)
Check the 10 June issue of PC Week and the current issue of InfoWorld for
particulars, but here's a quick look at the new stuff that I like:
Three utilities purchased from Central Point Software...
MIRROR - Duplicates the FAT table, allowing recovery from some drive
problems.
UNDELETE - Like the name says... works pretty good.
UNFORMAT - Lets you unformat a disk if somebody goofs up.
Several other additions...
DOSSHELL - Much improved DOS shell... much better than the piece of
caca in DOS 4.01, still no competition for MAC interface.
EDIT - An almost acceptable text editor... no more EDLIN!
HELP - On-line help utility for most commands.
DEVICEHIGH &
LOADHIGH - Lets you load device drivers and programs into "high"
memory (above 640K).
DOSKEY - Command-line editing and macros.
QBASIC - Subset of Quick Basic... big improvement over BASICA/GW-BASIC.
SETVER - Lets DOS lie to stupid programs... if they require a specific
version of DOS, this lets DOS say it's Version 3.3, or
whatever.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!world!brigc From: brigc@world.std.com (Brig C McCoy) Subject: Re: MSDOS 5.0 Message-ID: <1991Jun13.040214.7871@world.std.com> Followup-To: Billy Gates Summary: IMHO... Keywords: MSDOS 5.0 Organization: Soft-tek International, Wichita, KS References: <bcorrie.676744442@csr> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 04:02:14 GMT Lines: 43