From:	sydbarrett AT mindspring DOT com (Victor Escobar)
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Subject:	Re: The is world dropping MS-DOS. What about DJGPP? (Was Re: Quake
Date:	Sat, 06 Sep 1997 03:51:18 GMT
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On 22 Aug 1997 08:36:13 GMT, ah897 AT detroit DOT freenet DOT org (Heathen)
wrote:

>That reminds me.  Has anyone here been a part of the WINDOWS 98 ( Memphis ) BETA?  If so
>How did DJGPP/ALLEGRO hold up ob this new Operating/File System?  
>I understand that the newest version of WIN utilizes 32 bit File Handelers.  
You mean FAT32?  It's OK.  But still nothing compared to a decent Unix
file system.  It has all the shortcomings of FAT16 and is 5-10% slower
(at least in the beta version).  As for running DOS stuff under
Windows98, I've noticed on my build that the DOS prompt is very
unstable.

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