From: arromdee AT rahul DOT net (Ken Arromdee)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: c|net: Microsoft has officially killed MS-DOS.
Date: 16 Apr 2000 05:41:33 GMT
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In article <38F8D80C DOT 29D0 AT earthlink DOT net>,
Rez  <rividh DOT minusthispart AT earthlink DOT net> wrote:
>You know, instead of KILLING DOS entirely, what they should do is by
>default install a dual boot with the "other" boot being pure DOS. Then
>Windows could be free of real mode code (since this seems to be their
>objective), and users who need DOS could still use it without having to
>thrash around with a boot disk that may or may not work, and without
>having to hunt for another dual boot util that is guaranteed to work
>with WinMe (that's almost as good as WinCE :)

You can always use a DOS startup menu, unless they took out the ability to
do that.
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       Ken Arromdee / arromdee AT rahul DOT net / http://www.rahul.net/arromdee

      "Eventually all companies are replaced."  --Bill Gates, October 1999