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In article <1992Apr7.145016.28015@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> wg@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (Bill Gieske) writes:
>
>Imcompatibility with popular software is nothing new with DR-DOS.  I got
>DR-DOS (earlier version) with a PC kit three years ago, and found it to
>be incompatible with WordPerfect Library software (a big seller then).
>Yet, the same software worked fine with DOS 3.1 and 4.01.  It still works
>now with 5.0!  IMHO, DR-DOS does not test for 100% compatibility, never
>has, and maybe never will.
>

We tried installing DR-DOS 6.0 on a 286-12 with AMI BIOS and C&T SCAT
chipset (not exactly an exotic hardware setup - in fact DR DOS claims
to explicitly support SCAT).  It crashed so many times - even while
running the install and configure programs (I forget what they're
called), that we finally took it off and put DOS 5 back on.  I've
never had a problem with MS-DOS on any machine I've ever used.  It
seems strange that DR-DOS would have so many problems just keeping
itself running, and that was before we even tried running any apps on
top of it.

Paul



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