Date:	Wed, 5 Feb 1997 10:01:45 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Poehlman <poehlman AT clark DOT net>
To:	jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com
cc:	opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject:	Re: [opendos] dialagues with open dos and other documentation issues.
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ok, but how do I unpack it without installing opendos.  when I install
opendos, it takes over my system, and I don't want to have that happen
befoer I read the book and get some answers that can guide me in propper
set up and installation.


On Tue, 4 Feb 1997 jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com wrote:

> Hi David,
> Some good news here, you don't need to run
> opendos to run dosbook.exe.  It will run using dos 6.22.
> There may even be command line switches, try dosbook -?.
> On Tue, 4 Feb
> 1997, David
> Poehlman wrote:
> 
> > Hi, I read that the documentation will be made available in some form that
> > I've never heard of and wonder if it can also be made available in an
> > independantly viewable form such as "dostext"?  Dosbook is really not
> > adaquate when stacked up against a dos viewer with more powerfull
> > functions and which is more friendly so it is not an alternative to the
> > documentation platform availability.
> > 
> > I'd like info for instance on what happens if you put disk 1 into the
> > drive and turn on the machine?  I need this info since my pc will not talk
> > at that point.  I've tried making it talk modifying config.sys and
> > autoexec.bat, but no go.  So, an installation guide would be helpfull.
> > I'll try reading dosbook, but I'm not sure I'll find what I'm looking for.
> > Any possitive feedback would be helpfull.
> > is there a way to install dosbook without installing the whole package?
> > I'd like to read it before I trash my machine again.
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> 
> 
> jude <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>
> 

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