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- From: mikew@hpwarha.wal.hp.com (Michael Williams)
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 22:07:34 GMT
- Subject: Re: Msdos 5.0 Vs Drdos 6.0
- Message-ID: <3998@hpwala.wal.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Waltham, MA
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- In article <724113082.F00003@misgate.gmi.org> Chuck.Johnston@f886.n2000.z12.misgate.gmi.org (Chuck Johnston) writes:
- >PD>IMHO, there are 2 ways to go with DOS right now -- either DR-DOS 6.0
- >PD>or MS-DOS 3.30. A few hassles I've had with DR's offering have
- >PD>annoyed me: "slow" floppy drives [why, BTW?]; problems with TaskMax
- >PD>and my keyboard; others I forget now. For the rest, it's great,
- >
- >Just curious: I have DOS 6.0 on my 386sx (40meg drive doubled to near-80
- >with SuperStor, 4meg RAM--mostly configured as EMS). I use TaskMAX constantly
- >to enable me to switch between WP51, Ventura, QuickVerse, PC Paintbrush,
- >ProComm, PCTools Desktop, et.al. I've never had trouble with "my keyboard,"
- >though. I find it very quick and trouble free. Maybe there's something
- >oneof us is missing...?
- >
- >I do no what you mean abut S-L-O-W floppy access, but never connected it with
- >switching to DRDOS 6.0. Do YOU know the reason?
-
- Well, I know exactly what he means! I've been using DR-DOS 6.0 at home
- for over a year, and I have yet to hear a satisfactory explanation from
- DRI/Novel about why floppy disk access is so slow. The MS-DOS system at
- work is MUCH faster, as is my home system when I boot it under MS-DOS.
-
- That said, I'll take slow floppies any day if it means I don't have to
- go back to MS-DOS!
-
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- Michael B. Williams
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