From: Chris Fifield <ubd2011 AT InfoNET DOT st-johns DOT nf DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: Can I try BASH?
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 22:40:24 -0230
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On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, Ralph Proctor wrote:

> Hello Eli:
> 
> I have a good DOS DJGPP and Allegro installation that has been serving me
> quite well on my
> 486DX2 66MH, but I have been wanting to try out BASH and see what it is like.
> 
> Can I do this without messing up or corrupting my present DOS installation?
> Can I have them BOTH?
> 
> Any comment you might make would be appreciated--and if anybody else is
> doing this I would feel better.
> 
> Thanks for all your good work. I have been following it for some time.
> 
> Ralph
> 
> 

I had BASH on my system running no problem under DOS.  You can run and 
close it from DOS, or use it as your shell instead of COMMAND.COM.

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