Re: Newbie questions

[Larry Alkoff <labradley@mindspring.com>]

Ralph Alvy wrote:
> Larry Alkoff wrote:
> 
> 
>>John R. Sowden wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed November 2 2005 20:12, Larry Alkoff wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Ralph Alvy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Larry Alkoff wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Can I use 4dos as a replacement for command.com?
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes. I use MS-DOS 6.22 with 4DOS replacing command.com.
>>>>>
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>>>>Thanks Ralph.  That answers the 4dos question quite satisfactorily.
>>>>
>>>>Larry
>>>
>>>I use 4dos 7.5, the latest version and ms-dos 7.10, which, if I remember
>>>correctly is the dos from win98.  I do this so I can access my 32 bit
>>>partitions from dos.
>>
>>John I presently use
>>4DOS 7.50   (Win98) DOS 7.10
>>
>>However I'd like to use IBM dos which perhaps can be purchased to get
>>away from any software liability from using Windows 98 dos.
>>
>>Any idea which IBM dos version I need and where I could get it?
>>Otherwise I'll use freedos.
> 
> 
> I imagine IBM-DOS will work, but I haven't tried it. If freedos allowed me
> to run the DOS apps I use on a daily basis, I'd use that instead of MS-DOS
> 6.22, but it doesn't.
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Ralph what DOS apps do not run in IBM-DOS?
Do you know what's lacking in IBM-DOS so they can't run?
Larry


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