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echo: alt_dos
to: Mike Whalen
from: Mark Timbers
date: 2006-09-03 08:52:30
subject: Do alt-DOS versions run popular software?

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?

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

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


Mark Timbers


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