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Newsgroups: fido.4dos
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From: Peter May
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 04 20:07:16 +0200
Subject: 4DOS
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Organization: The Junkbox BBS, Perth, Western Australia
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Jasen Betts wrote in a message to Shawn Bush:
JB> Hello Shawn.
JB> 27 Jul 04 21:57, you wrote to Fidonet.4DOS:
SB> Can someone tell me where I may find 4DOS?
JB> www.jpsoft.com
JB> simtel.net
SB> Also is this the Multitasking FREE MS-DOS hack?
JB> No, it's not free (shareware) not a multitasker, and not an
JB> operating system. the expiry feature in the shareware is harder to
JB> circumvent with each new version. all the hacks are broken.
JB> it is however really handy if you're rting to set up a bunch of
JB> batch files to do some tricky things.
JB> DRDOS 7/ personal netware will do multitasking for free. (well it's
JB> free in Australia, I didn't pay attention to any parts of the
JB> licence that don't apply here, there doesn't seem to be an expiry)
JB> novell has dropped it from its website, but I found it on some
JB> mirror site.
SB> I plan on running a BBS on a 386 33 Mhz 4 MB ram and a 4.3 GB HD.. I
SB> think this owuld be ideal
JB> dunno about that, back in the 90s people were using OS/2 or
JB> Desqview for that.
JB> Jasen
JB> ___ GoldED+/LNX 1.1.4.7
JB> - Origin: (3:640/1042)
Hey Jasen,
How would he get DOS to see a 4.3 gig HD?
I'm having problems with IBM PC-DOS 7:00 seeing large drives, anything over 850
meg and they wont boot properly when I clone my existing BBS drive over to them.
Even if I use a newer Valuepoint with better BIOS and drivetable.
I heard somewhere the Caldera OpenDOS or DR-DOS 7:03 will see larger drives and
will allow long filenames etc.
Also alleged that 4DOS will see larger drives.
Do you know if this information is correct?
Regards,
Peter
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