Mail Archives: opendos/1997/03/31/02:01:19
On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, -= ArkanoiD =- wrote:
> > On a less serious note, I think that due to several serious bugs
> > that have been found in EMM386, and other programs that come with
> > OD, it is best to stick to 6.22 until the next OD release. I
>
> Why that [censored] 6.22? Why people do like 6.22 so much? I can't figure out
> what can force someone to change 5.0 or PC-DOS 7.0 to 6.22.. But everyone
> around here uses 6.22!
> I'd prefer 5.0 or PC DOS 7.0,but *not* MS 6.22
It's easy: I don't know anyone that has PC-DOS 7.0 and the first
time that I used it, I couldn't get a lot of things working that
I was used to. For example: I'm used to the way DOS EDIT works.
Borland's IDE's, Boxer, many other DOS editors work the same way
with cut and paste, etc... IBM's edit is more confusing to use
and more "Unixish" if you will. (So is OD's BTW). A few other
minor differences kept me away from it. MSDOS 5.0 lacks a number
of things that 6.22 has. Such as the HELP program. Although
HELP sucks bad, it is better than nothing, and has come to my aid
many times. (schematics for a null modem, setting up COUNTRY
specific stuff, KEYB, etc... things that no-one really uses in
Canada/US). Without HELP, I would have needed a DOS reference of
some kind which was not at hand. Also, lots of software that I
have expects DOS 6.0 or higher. 5.0 doesn't cut it. It's not
that I *like* 6.22, but rather that it is EASILY available from
almost everyone that you know, and it is the standard. OpenDOS
will emerge now to take over that position.
Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
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