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Article #8480Re: DOS 3.3 versus 4.0
From: Chris Newbold
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1989 23:16
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1989 23:16
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In article <29915@genrad.UUCP> jpn@genrad.UUCP (John P. Nelson) writes: >>>"Standard" DOS 3.3 does not. But I believe that NEC has enhanced 3.3 >>>to accommodate disks of greater than 32 MB. >> >>And so does Compaq. Compaq MS-DOS 3.31 I am told will support DOS partitions >>greater than 32 Mb. > >As will any copy of MSDOS 3.31. Microsoft added the large partition support >betweeen 3.30 and 3.31 Does this mean that I can drop back from 4.0 to 3.31 without having to reformat my 60mb drive? Compaq 3.31 is the only DOS prior to 4.0 that I've heard supports partitions over 32mb. If MS 3.31 *does* do large drives, will it run on a PS/2? -- >>>> Chris Newbold <<<< * "If you fool around with a thing for very long you * University of Rochester * will screw it up." * Disclaimer: "All warranties expire upon payment of invoice." ctne_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu * uhura.cc.rochester.edu!ctne_ltd@uunet
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sunybcs!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!ctne_ltd From: ctne_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Chris Newbold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: DOS 3.3 versus 4.0 Message-ID: <4491@ur-cc.UUCP> Date: 12 Dec 89 23:16:53 GMT References: <882@crash.cts.com> <29915@genrad.UUCP> Reply-To: ctne_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Chris Newbold) Organization: University of Rochester Lines: 24