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Subject: Re: An updated DOS - Please discuss
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Michael Kearns wrote in message <37ddafe0 DOT 858354 AT news-reader DOT bt DOT net>...
>I could quite happily run a DOS emulation under Windows (any variety),
>Linux, FreeBSD, BeOS and probably quite a few other OSs. I don't want that.
>I want DOS, by itself, with enhanced functionality. Simple.

I'd just like to say, since you haven't had much support for the idea, that
I completely agree with what you are trying to do. I, too, *like* DOS, not
least because of its fast loading time.
But also, when people suggest things like Linux, my point would be that with
DOS, it is easy to load Windows when necessary, by just typing WIN, then
exiting windows afterwards, and be back in DOS. To do that with Linux or any
other operating system would require a reboot and so on.