Hi Matthew !
12-Apr-97 17:20:03, Matthew Johnson tapped feverishly away
and wrote to Peter Campbell Subject: OpenDos and Geoworks Ense
 MJ> It came to pass on 03/23/97 that PETER CAMPBELL wrote concerning OpenDos
 MJ> and Geoworks Ensemble
CB>> However, personally, I found OD7's EMM386 to be a bit buggy, getting a
CB>> number of protection violations with a number of common programs.
PC>> Me, too.
 MJ> I have been running both ND7 and OD7.01 for awhile now, the former at
 MJ> home and the latter at work. I have had the problem, but only under 2
 MJ> conditions. First, when there is a virus present. Second, when running
 MJ> software which does something 'illegal' or otherwise bypasses the proper
 MJ> DOS API.
I haven't had any problems with viruses since installing IBM Antivirus,
a version of which comes with PC DOS 7.0. I've updated to 2.5.1 which
includes a floppy disk boot sector check every time a new floppy is
logged onto for any reason. This and its shield have so far prevented
any viruses from being loaded onto the system. Both Junkie and Ripper
have been identified so far.
 MJ> The second case, which probably only happened once or twice resulted in
 MJ> me deleting said program/device drive/utility and not using it. All
 MJ> my other common programs work fine; Robomail, Telix, NewDeal Publish
 MJ> (Finally sent the registration off... awaiting NDO) WordPerfect 6.0 and
 MJ> WFW 3.11.
There are programs about which will only run with a specific version of
MS-DOS. BAT-UTIL comes to mind as one such. I had a version once which
would only run with 3.3 and would not run with MS-DOS 5.0. Only thing to
do with such programs is ditch them when you upgrade your DOS.
 MJ> I use the stacker that comes with it, too, which should theoretically
 MJ> make things more dodgy, but It hasn't skipped a beat.
I'm using the Stacker on my 286 and it works fine. Compression is not as
good as Stacker 4.0 but is more than adequate for my purposes. With
Stacker 4.0 I have had to tell GEOS about the Stacker drive before it
would operate (i.e. make an entry in GEOS.INI). With OpenDOS I didn't.
Regards
Peter Campbell
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