Re: DOS 3.3 versus 4.0

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From: John C. Archambeau
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1989 02:36

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gary@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM (Gary Barrett) writes:
>> >If you had a choice (which I do with Gateway), which DOS would you pick:
>> >3.3 or 4.0?
>> 
>> Depends on what size hard disk I have. 4.0 supports disks to 512MB.
>> 3.3 does not. 
>
>"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.
 
     // JCA

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Subject: Re: DOS 3.3 versus 4.0
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