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2/60: DOS 5
Name: Lynne #171 @9955
Date: Sun Jul 07 09:07:10 1991
Has anyone had a chance to really work with DOS5. We're thinking of upgrading
in the office and had such a problem with 4 that everyone has become very
leery. (You know, if it ain't broke, don't fix it) I'm sure you'll find this
hard to believe, but I'd really just like to have a month where things go
almost smoothly or -- even (dare I think it?) normal, whatever that is, you
know, without having to go through everyone's directories and clean up
software. I'm also getting very close to convincing this paradigm that I work
for to go network!!! to even use a tape backup!!! Six months ago, this man
thought using ink in a pen was advanced. Anyway, I'd like to move up to 5 if
I have enough feedback from you guys that helps me intelligently convince him
that we would benefit. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks.
3/60: dos5 is pretty good
Name: Lockjaw The Ogre #31 @9955
Date: Mon Jul 08 11:20:50 1991
Reply to : DOS 5
Original by : Lynne #171 @9955
it has a few utilities that can be found elsewhere (norton's), but it does
load ito high memory, thus freeing up a great bit of memory over dos4. there
have been some problems with windows, but the readme file in the package
details how to cure problems with many software packages. i say give it a
try. there have been few problems, that i have heard of, and most of them
were detailed in that readme file.
In the Black Forest lives an Ogre named Lockjaw!
4/60: new portable computers with color VGA
Name: Lockjaw The Ogre #31 @9955
Date: Mon Jul 08 11:22:54 1991
i am watching a story on CNN right now about new portable computers with flat
color vga monitors. they look great, with awesome color capabilities. the
screen is made up of loads of tiny transistors that control the color, rather
than the picture tubwe. only one american manufacturer is making them, dolch,
but toshiba and nec are making them elsewhere.
BLEH!
Lockjaw the Ogre
He's gonna nail your mouth open wide
5/60: Only one prob. with those color portables...
Name: Gardener #206 @9955
Date: Mon Jul 08 12:22:35 1991
... is that they can't run on batteries (yet). Oh, I s'pose you COULD run
them off of batteries if you didn't mind swapping them out every hour or so!
<grin> But, I s'pose it makes it a lot easier to carry your work home with
you when it's all in a compact COLOR unit no bigger than your average laptop
in most cases.
THE GARDENER!
6/60: HELP!!!
Name: Soltan Gris #59 @9955
Date: Thu Jul 11 00:17:21 1991
Does anybody out there have the Monty Python Flying Circus game and an Adlib
board? The manual says to type PYTHON /A but that does not work. Any
suggestions? If not, I guess I'll look for my receipt.
Joe Cool is cool!
Soltan
7/60: dos 5.0
Name: Coppertop #333 @9955
Date: Thu Jul 11 16:33:53 1991
I use DR-DOS 5.0 I think it is really a 'good thing' that Mickeysoft finally
caught up with the competition... of course that means DR-DOS 6.0 is imminent
and MS will once again be a year behind (or more).
8/60: 4DOS CDD command
Name: Flatliner #108 @9955
Date: Fri Jul 12 12:23:54 1991
Reply to : the best CD utility i have found...
Original by : Lockjaw The Ogre #31 @9955
that helps some, but you still have to specify the EXACT path for 4DOS to go
to, and to as many levels down as the directory is.
With LCD31A you can change to ANY directory at ANY level on ANY disk drive,
with only a partial name.
For instance "ch dow" or "ch own" goes from any other directory to my
"C:\COMM\DOWN" directory. "ch b" takes me from anywhere to "C:\COMM\DOWN\B"
I also like 4DOS's move command, but I hear MS-DOS 5.0 has that now, along
with the command line editor.
9/60: 4dos
Name: Flatliner #108 @9955
Date: Fri Jul 12 12:26:23 1991
Reply to : 4dos
Original by : Lockjaw The Ogre #31 @9955
replaces COMMAND.COM for most users.
Does 4DOS work with DOS5.0?
10/60: Make that TWO problems
Name: Flatliner #108 @9955
Date: Fri Jul 12 12:28:02 1991
Reply to : Only one prob. with those color portables...
Original by : Gardener #206 @9955
They cost much much.
11/60: Aye!!
Name: Soltan Gris #59 @9955
Date: Fri Jul 12 15:12:55 1991
You're paying for convenience when you buy a portable pc or laptop. Of course
they're still neat, though, to be able to take your 286 or 386 everywhere you
go...
Soltan
12/60: And 26 new ones here.
Name: Chez Lutin #186 @9955
Date: Fri Jul 12 19:58:48 1991
in not (mind you) 'bout 14-18 hours (I forget, Kent can check, but it ain't
that long.)
13/60: dos does not have a move command
Name: Lockjaw The Ogre #31 @9955
Date: Thu Jun 13 08:52:47 1991
it has a move option in the dosshell. they are trwo completely different
things. i can type a move command just like a copy command. same syntax and
all. dosshell is not a command line thingy.
dosshell also will not exit on my computer. the only other software i have
that type of problem with is wwiv.
In the Black Forest lives an Ogre named Lockjaw!
14/60: What I have heard about DOS 5.0
Name: Felonious Skunk #226 @9955
Date: Sun Jul 14 01:00:28 1991
Is that Microsoft and Central Point Software teamed up and came out with DOS
4.01 that could do some neat tricks (like the command editor...) But nothing
truly new except for the ability to move some of the TSR's to High Memory.
Anybody who actually has had a review wish to comment. I am only going by
others word, and want to find out wether it is worth upgrading to or not.
---Felonious Skunk
15/60: One little discrepency ...
Name: Hooded Man #9 @9955
Date: Sun Jul 14 08:54:13 1991
A relative of mine who had installed MS-DOS 5.0 on his '386 told me that
the version will not work with SimCity. He does not know about the option
where you can "fool" games & applications into thinking it's the older
version of DOS (what was that command again, by the way?) but has anybody
tried playing it on 5.0 yet?
/_/
/ /ooded /|/|an
16/60: DOS 5.0 is a *little* more...
Name: Gardener #206 @9955
Date: Sun Jul 14 13:59:50 1991
... than just an enhanced 4.01 with HIMEM and UMB (High memory and Upper memory
Blocks. I just LOVE Acronyms! :) ). It's got a few neat features, some of
which I haven't even BEGUN to start using. DOSKEY adds two features that DOS
has been lacking for QUITE some time. The DOSKEY TSR (another acronym) keeps a
'command history'. You can use the Up and Down arrows to look up a command
that you typed awhile back, unlike the F3 key which only recalls the command
just executed. You can also search for commands in the history and stuff like
that. VERY useful when you type the same command over and over again! DOSKEY
also has macros. You can string several common statements together into one
key. Like, I have this HD menu program. To start it up, I have to type
cd C:\3dmenu
c:
3dmenu
so, I just made a macro (called menu) that types all that for me!
There's also the DOS shell, that lets you access programs and files from a
Windows-like environment. It comes with a watered-down version of Microsoft's
QuickBasic, and a nice editor replacement for EDLIN. Then, there's stuff like
the catalog telling you how much space is LEFT on a disk, as well as how much
is in use. There's the MEM command, so you can check free system RAM and see
how you're doing on RAM use.
I like DOS 5.0 so far. It only cost me $60 (most places around here have it
for $70. I got mine a CompuAdd up off of 70), and it's worth it so far.
Only one problem with it. I'm trying to get EMM386.EXE installed, so I can
load stuff into UMB's. Only problem is, Windows 3.0 won't run in Standard or
386 Enhanced mode when I try to use the RAM or NOEMS switch. I know why it
won't work with NOEMS, but the RAM switch is supposed to eliminate the problem
Anybody else have problems with Windows 3.0 and DOS 5.0's EMM386.EXE???
THE GARDENER!
17/60: Hey
Name: Hosemaster #117 @9955
Date: Sun Jul 14 22:06:21 1991
Hooded man. I think there is a SETVER command for set version. I believe that
is what it is. I have been looking at a friends copy. I am probably going to
go and pick one up soon.
18/60: Not that anyone here has any need...(no sarcasm intended)
Name: Felonious Skunk #226 @9955
Date: Sun Jul 14 23:04:26 1991
But if anyone needs any info on AutoCad, Skunk knows CAD....
FYI
19/60: Hosemaster
Name: Hooded Man #9 @9955
Date: Tue Jul 16 02:06:42 1991
Ah yah thanks man! That's the command. I recommend that ya get it, too.
That Load High is really invaluable. What gets me in the gut is that
MicroSoft actually sold this for under $100. They must be getting mushy
soft, like day old potato salad.
20/60: Hmmm...
Name: Flatliner #108 @9955
Date: Sat Jul 20 14:04:45 1991
Reply to : DOS 5.0 is a *little* more...
Original by : Gardener #206 @9955
sounds like, except for the high-memory support, most of DOS5.0 has already
been available as the shareware COMMAND.COM replacement "4DOS". It has
command history, a move command, mem command, versatile DIR command with space
used/left displayed, and tons more like the SELECT command that I've only used
a few times. SELECT is invoked with a drive/file wildcard spec and a command,
and then you select files from the list on screen point&shoot like, and 4DOS
will run the command for each selected file.
QBASIC and the shell, if it's better than 4.01's shell, are probably worth
some of the price. A few extra low-ram K makes up the rest.
Who cares about the new editor? There are at least a hundred editors of all
kinds out there as pd/freeware/shareware/commercial. Pick the one you like
best. I'm sure I'll still prefer VDE 1.61 to any editor DOS has to offer, and
VDE's freeware.
21/60: The DOS 5.0 Shell ...
Name: Hooded Man #9 @9955
Date: Sun Jul 21 11:38:32 1991
If there was that one extra decision you needed on making you get the new
MS-DOS, then the new Shell would probably tip the scales for you. First of
all, if you have Windows, don't even worry about the Shell. BUT, if you do
not use Windows, then the Shell is the closest thing to it. Can't run
Windows-specific applications from it, but it looks and works quite similar
to version 3.0.
Even looks good in CGA ...
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/ /ooded /|/|an
22/60: I hope
Name: Flatliner #108 @9955
Date: Tue Jul 23 17:39:48 1991
Reply to : The DOS 5.0 Shell ...
Original by : Hooded Man #9 @9955
it works a good deal better than that lousy file manager included with windows
3.0
The progman is OK, but fileman trys me patience.
23/60: DOS 5.0
Name: Nobody N. Particular #360 @9955
Date: Wed Jul 24 21:43:19 1991
I use DOS 5.0 with QEMM-386. It works well. I agree that the DOSSHELL is
much improved. I run this for DOS, Windows, and DECNet 3.01 using a VAX 6210
as a file server. (The only good VAX is a dead VAX ;) The main purpose of
getting DOS 5 is the memory extension you will recieve if you load it right on
a 286 or higher. If you have problems let me know and I'll try to help.
Nobody likes to help.
24/60: Does
Name: Flatliner #108 @9955
Date: Tue Jul 30 12:24:12 1991
DOS5.0 come with new versions of things like SMARTDRV.SYS and RAMDRIVE.SYS.
Between Windows3.0 and DOS4.01 I've had several versions of theses things
floating around and would love to just have the latest of whatever.
Also, is there a Microsoft Mouse driver past V7.04 ?
25/60: MS Mouse Driver
Name: Hooded Man #9 @9955
Date: Wed Jul 31 01:56:00 1991
Flatliner -
Yep, there is a version 8 out now. Lots of goodies with it too, like a
graphical control panel for use with Windows. Call up Starfleet BBS at
782-3095, because they happen to have it there ...
(hmm, didn't know it was PD)
26/60: mouse driver-
Name: The Bear #370 @9955
Date: Fri Aug 09 15:33:29 1991
The control panel doesn't have to be run from Windows.
Also, the drive may not be PD, but I doubt M-soft cares if it is
distributed, since the only use anyone has for it is running it on a M-soft
mouse, which you must purchase.
27/60: Under $100?
Name: Mercurial #93 @9955
Date: Sat Aug 17 14:36:46 1991
Reply to : Hosemaster
Original by : Hooded Man #9 @9955
Shoot I got my Dos5 for 29.99. Call Egghead at 1-800-egghead and see if they
have any left. Very worth it. And I don't have to reboot to run memory hog
games like Wing Commander. And it solved a problem I had with my Pardise 256
color driver for windows. Don't know how but it did.
^^^^^^^^^
<<MERCURIAL>>
VVVVVVVVV
28/60: Yeah, DOS5 has the latest versions of SmartDrv and RamDrive. Also the
Name: Mercurial #93 @9955
Date: Sat Aug 17 14:39:15 1991
Reply to : Does
Original by : Flatliner #108 @9955
the latest version of Himem.
^^^^^^^^^
<<MERCURIAL>>
VVVVVVVVV
29/60: DOS5
Name: Phaze #85 @9955
Date: Sun Aug 18 01:28:49 1991
Yeah, its pretty good. I know of at least two games that would only run
with barebones config.sys and autoexec.bat. Both of them run fine on my
286. I've got a little over 600K of memory free. Of course if you've got
a 386 and extra memory then you can even get more. The Doskey program
is a nice addition(it retrieves old commands).
PHAZE
the ghost in the works
30/60: DOS5
Name: Cthulhu #148 @9955
Date: Sun Aug 18 09:55:19 1991
If you get DOS5 you need to upgrade the Bernoulli Box drivers for some reason.
Luckily IOmega has a BBS that has the new versions online to DL.
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31/60: DOS 5.0
Name: Pythagoras #157 @9955
Date: Sun Aug 18 19:01:31 1991
There is a WWIVneted DOS 5.0 forum you can access on the Carousel
(919-787-6399) in Raleigh, if you are interested.
32/60: DOS 5.0 price correction..
Name: The Bear #370 @9955
Date: Tue Aug 20 15:07:52 1991
Reply to : Under $100?
Original by : Mercurial #93 @9955
It's not 29.99, but 39.99.
33/60: I thought...
Name: Donatello #56 @9955
Date: Wed Aug 21 01:54:00 1991
Reply to : DOS5
Original by : Cthulhu #148 @9955
you used a Mac!
whew
don
34/60: DOS 5
Name: Cthulhu #148 @9955
Date: Fri Aug 23 06:43:46 1991
I do use a Mac. I have a Mac Plus of my own, the AppleSeeds BBS is run on an
SE/30, at work I have a IIcx for my personal workstation, and a Mac II for my
data acquisition computer. However, I also am kind of in charge of a 386sx
that we keep up to date and stocked with good software for a visiting
professor that comes out every couple of months to help us out doing our
research. So I have to deal with DOS, too.
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35/60: MS-DOS v5
Name: Hooded Man #9 @9955
Date: Sat Aug 24 00:38:00 1991
... is absolutely fantastic, as far as MS-DOS goes. On my 386, I get 614k
free, which I believe is the _best_ you can get, with both HiMem.SYS and
EMM386.SYS loaded in conventional. Well, the best with DOS 5 that is. If
you chucked the drivers for v5.0 and opted for QEMM, I think the memory
savings are even better. Anyone know this for sure?
36/60: Yeah, I do believe that you save more when you use the QuaterDeck...
Name: Mercurial #93 @9955
Date: Sat Aug 24 11:31:25 1991
Reply to : MS-DOS v5
Original by : Hooded Man #9 @9955
Memory drivers but since I have a 286 currently, I haven't done much looking
into the matter.
^^^^^^^^^
<<MERCURIAL>>
VVVVVVVVV
37/60: Well just wait
Name: Soltan Gris #59 @9955
Date: Sun Aug 25 00:58:38 1991
for OS/2 version 2.0, I believe it is... It supposedly will allow you to run
DOS software better than DOS, and of course you won't have the 640K barrier,
because OS/2 uses all your memory.
Soltan Gris
38/60: DOS 5.0 and memory...
Name: The Bear #370 @9955
Date: Sun Aug 25 12:21:57 1991
Reply to : MS-DOS v5
Original by : Hooded Man #9 @9955
Yes, you can still get better memory savings using QEMM. In fact, if you use
QEMM and don't use "DOS=HIGH" in config.sys, you'll end up with more memory
than if you let DOS try to load itself high. The reason for this is that QEMM
is better at loading DOS high than DOS itself is. Not surprising, really,
since QEMM is many years and many versions old, while this is the first
release of DOS with this capability. I think Microsoft would have been much
wiser to license QEMM from Quarterdeck (like they licensed the Mirror software
from Central Point Software). It's probably going to be some time before DOS
is as good at managing memory as QEMM is. But at least it's finally moving in
the right direction.
39/60: 640k barrier...
Name: The Bear #370 @9955
Date: Sun Aug 25 12:23:51 1991
If it's a program written to run under DOS, it doesn't matter if you run it
under OS/2, it won't be able to use any more memory than it normally would (it
might have more of the <640k area free, but that's it). It would still have
to use Extended or Expanded memory to get anything beyond that, and you
certainly don't need OS/2 to do that.
40/60: Hey, I got a mac
Name: Donatello #56 @9955
Date: Sun Aug 25 23:31:47 1991
with 4 megabytes of memory, I run a BBS and can play two games all at the same
time...
whew
don
41/60: Free memory...
Name: Bandit #310 @9955
Date: Mon Aug 26 23:36:40 1991
Reply to : MS-DOS v5
Original by : Hooded Man #9 @9955
I've seen a system with it's normal drivers and dos loaded high with QEMM that
had 638K free conventional memory.
Bandit
42/60: free memory...
Name: The Bear #370 @9955
Date: Wed Aug 28 00:36:23 1991
Reply to : Free memory...
Original by : Bandit #310 @9955
Heck, I can do better than that. I've had a QEMM system set up with 730k of
conventional memory free. There's a Quarterdeck program called VIDHIGH (or
something like that) that will re-map the video memory to low and give you a
total 760k free (out of which you need a little for the DOS and (for me)
Desqview cores).
43/60: 760k RAM free?!
Name: Hooded Man #9 @9955
Date: Wed Aug 28 02:34:36 1991
Man, I wouldn't even know what to do with all that memory! I'm happy with
614k and EMS as it is! =)
44/60: DOS5 memory free
Name: Flatliner #108 @9955
Date: Tue Sep 03 01:34:56 1991
With all the normal drivers (biggest are mouse & smartdrv) that gave me about
540K in 4.01 loaded, I now have 615K free. It does prevent me from running
both a 512K smartdrv and a 713K ramdrive, and it does prevent Win3 from
running in Standard mode.
45/60: Telix mouse support
Name: Nightwing #421 @9955
Date: Wed Sep 04 09:39:54 1991
Reply to : Does
Original by : Monty Python #127 @9955
I have a patch somewhere that lets you use a mouse with telix. I'll see if I
can find it and get back to you.
46/60: There is a file
Name: Big John Stud #13 @9955
Date: Wed Sep 04 13:39:14 1991
Reply to : Telix mouse support
Original by : Nightwing #421 @9955
that can be ofund pretty easily lately that lets you run a mouse with Telix. I
have it somewhere I'll try and find it.
47/60: Really?
Name: Mercurial #93 @9955
Date: Thu Sep 05 14:08:09 1991
Reply to : DOS5 memory free
Original by : Flatliner #108 @9955
I have a 1.3 Meg Ramdisk and a 2.3 Meg / 820k Hyperdisk cache set up with
setver, hyperscreen, ansi, mirror, and doskey and I can still run Win3 in
standard mode... I have a '286 with 4 Meg and only 570k or so free at the
DOS5 prompt....
48/60: I have
Name: Flatliner #108 @9955
Date: Sat Sep 21 20:43:14 1991
Reply to : Really?
Original by : Mercurial #93 @9955
but two megs total ram. Sure, if you have four then you can have huge
ramdrive/smartdrive allocations. I had my 2 meg full up with smartdrv and
ramdrive (what else is the extra ram useful for anyway under 4.01? ), so when
I went and threw the TSRs and drivers up in high RAM, obviously something had
to go.
49/60: More memory is quite usefull in 4.01 if you are running windows...
Name: Mercurial #93 @9955
Date: Tue Sep 24 14:41:49 1991
Reply to : I have
Original by : Flatliner #108 @9955
^^^^^^^^^
<<MERCURIAL>>
VVVVVVVVV
50/60: 4DOS
Name: Dr. Mead #51 @9955
Date: Thu Oct 03 07:31:33 1991
Reply to : 4dos
Original by : Flatliner #108 @9955
I have 4DOS and DOS5.0 living in sin on my hard drive, and they seen to get
along pretty well...
51/60: Memory savings
Name: Dr. Mead #51 @9955
Date: Thu Oct 03 07:34:32 1991
Reply to : MS-DOS v5
Original by : Hooded Man #9 @9955
YEP, QEMM will get you 655K or so, depending what TSR's you have, and what
stuff can LOADHI. that's what i did on this 386SX.
52/60: DOS5...
Name: Dr. Mead #51 @9955
Date: Thu Oct 03 07:37:16 1991
Reply to : DOS5 memory free
Original by : Flatliner #108 @9955
Did you try typing win/s at the prompt? That's all i had to do...
53/60: Qemm
Name: Bandit #310 @9955
Date: Fri Oct 04 01:05:05 1991
Reply to : Memory savings
Original by : Dr. Mead #51 @9955
version 6 is now on the shelves. Look for it.