MT> Mike Whalen wrote in a message to All:

 MW>> I've never used an alternative DOS except in when it was bundled
 MW>> with an application like Partition Magic, which used to be bundled
 MW>> with DR-DOS years ago.

 MW>> Do alternative DOS run popular software? For instance, can I
 MW>> install DR-DOS and run WordPerfect 5.1? Or are they not quite that
 MW>> compatible?

 MT> DR-DOS is very compatible. Have used DR-DOS with
 MT> WordPerfect 4.1 with no problems and would expect 5.1 to be
 MT> the same.

 MT> I'm currently using FreeDos as it supports fat32 and drives
 MT> larger than 8 gig.

 Thanks. I didn't know that.

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