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- From: billbob@email.sp.paramax.com (Bill Roberts)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Subject: Re: Why dos5? (Maybe not as ideotic as it sounds)
- Date: 24 Jan 1993 14:38:19 -0600
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- It's true that the ability of DOS 5 to provide more available memory in the 640
- range is only useful to DOS programs, but concider this -
- (I am quoting from "Windows 3.1 Secrets" by Brian Livingston, pg 711)
- "Several tweaks were made to DOS 5 that provide slightly smoother operation for
- Windows 3.x, including the elimination of some obscure causes of Unrecoverable
- Application Error messages. This alone justifies the upgrade to DOS 5."
-
- I agree with Mr. Livingston, but only you can decide if the money is worth the
- added compatibility.
-
- I still run some DOS programs under Windows 3.1, so I need the extra
- conventional memory.
-
- Bill Roberts
- billbob@planet8.sp.paramax.com
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