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- From: aa384@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Doug Wokoun)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: PowerDOS Freeware?
- Date: 11 Sep 1992 05:04:20 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <H.9&Mkbvhk9GM@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca> Re: PowerDOS Freeware?
- Reply-To: aa384@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Doug Wokoun)
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- In a previous article, jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca (John Henders) says:
- >In <1992Sep10.184903.8603@u.washington.edu>, Daniel Aylward writes:
- >>I read in the last AEO that PowerDOS is now freeware. Does anyone know
- >>where I can get it? I assume it's up on GEnie... I don't have an account
- >>there.
- >
- > As a general warning, several people around here who have tried
- >this program have reported scrambled partitions and other hard
- >drive problems. If you do try using it, you'd be wise to back
- >yp your hard drive first.
-
- Oh, really? Yuck. I tried installing that and ran the DOSTESTR
- program which creates and deletes a bunch of files and screwed up a few
- directories badly. I thought it was the test program, which crashed.
-
- I didn't notice the promised tremendous speed gain, but...who
- knows. It certainly won't compete with MiNT.
-
- --
- Doug Wokoun |"The use of Fashions in thought is to distract
- (aa384@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) | the attention of men from their real dangers."
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- Atari S I G | -C.S. Lewis
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