From: michael AT toobie DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Michael Kearns) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: An updated DOS - Please discuss Organization: none Message-ID: <37e51e99.29203652@news-reader.bt.net> References: <37d7913a DOT 10901976 AT news-reader DOT bt DOT net> <37d8570d$0$14670 AT mojo DOT crosslink DOT net> <37d9bd34 DOT 955844 AT news-reader DOT bt DOT net> <7rfieg$70a$1 AT Mars DOT mcs DOT net> <37DC0C7A DOT 56537E8C AT btinternet DOT com> <37dcadd6 DOT 336383 AT news-reader DOT bt DOT net> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 15:57:45 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.75.234.2 X-Trace: newreader.ukcore.bt.net 937238339 194.75.234.2 (Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:58:59 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:58:59 BST Lines: 15 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On 13 Sep 1999 13:00:40 +0100, becker AT zess DOT uni-siegen DOT de (Markus Becker) wrote: >Am Mon, 13 Sep 1999 08:01:06 GMT schrieb Michael Kearns : >>Configuration - DOS is great because in 2 files (config.sys & autoexec.bat) >>you can configure the drivers, runtime apps etc. Compare this to any Unix >>variety with all the RC files, and modules etc... > >And if you want to have real network support, you have protocol.ini, >system.ini and .... I think you'll find that's windows. If it were DOS, you'd have SET statements in AUTOEXEC.BAT, or device= statements in config.sys. Michael.