From:	Stephen Kitt <stephenk AT dai DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: OpenDOS to be released next week! (fwd)
Date:	22 Jan 1997 14:01:40 +0000
Organization:	Dept of Artificial Intelligence, Edinburgh University, Scotland
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Gene Buckle <geneb AT deltasoft DOT com> writes:
> >Well I assumed the filesystem would be the same, but what I was concerned
> >about was the kernel and AUTOEXEC.BAT & CONFIG.SYS files, and if it uses
> >the DOS Multiconfig, or if it has a better one.
> 
> There is no multi-config that I know of.  Then again, I've not gone looking
> for it. ;)
> No changes need to be made to either .BAT files or CONFIG.SYS.

Well, since OpenDOS is the descendant of DR DOS 6, I suppose it's
still got all the latter's cool features... If it does, then
CONFIG.SYS becomes more similar to a batch file, and with such
commands as SWITCH and GOTO it's possible to create multiconfig-like
menus. Unfortunately DR DOS 6 and AFAIK Novell DOS 7 (and hence
OpenDOS) don't support MS-DOS's variety of multiconfig; but UTSL and
you can make it so (what an SF-ey ending!).

Stephen

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Stephen Kitt, the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
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