Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 14:43:02 +1200
From: Andrew McLachlan <MCLACHLA AT tui DOT lincoln DOT ac DOT nz>
Subject: Re: OpenDOS announcement...
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Message-id: <613D4E5016C@tui.lincoln.ac.nz>
Organization: Lincoln University
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On 23 May 97 at 9:21, Jonathan E. Brickman wrote:

> > At 07:51 1997/05/23 -0500, Jonathan E. Brickman wrote:
> >>OpenDOS is not fully compatible to the industry-standard
> >>DOSes (MS-DOS 6.x, PC-DOS 7.x).   I don't like to keep
> >>harping on this, but something has to be done.
> 
> > If you can elaborate, maybe something *can* be done.
> 
> I have stated it specifically once before.  I repeat:
> 
> 1.  Windows 3.1x compatibility.

Can anyone give details of incompatibility. I have been running
WfW 3.11 on Novell DOS (various updates) for some time without 
problems.

> 2.  Run all major DOS apps reliably with no "hacks" or
> downloads from the Novell web site.

Which major DOS apps are unreliable?

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I think if you want a MS-DOS clone, you should use MS-DOS.
I use Novell DOS because I like it and it does everything I need
with some features (Undelete, DPMS, Mem) that are better than, or 
not provided by, MS-DOS.

Cheers

Andrew McLachlan,  PhD student.             <MCLACHLA AT lincoln DOT ac DOT nz>
Dept of Entomology & Animal Ecology, P.O. Box 84, Lincoln University, 
Canterbury, New Zealand.  ph. +64 3 325-2811, fax. +64 3 325-3844.