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From: "-= ArkanoiD =-" <ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru>
Date: Tue,  9 Sep 97 21:22:28 +0300
Subject: Re: ClosedDOS???
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nuqneH,

> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 11:15:32 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
> X-Sender: mharris AT capslock DOT com
> To: Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
> cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: Re: ClosedDOS???

[dd]

> > Bah, why worry about it?  Roll your own utils. Or use djgpp.  The
> > only thing I don't know how to do (that I'm interested in) is format
> > drives.  But I'll figure that out eventually.

There are several freeware disk formatting programs - and some of them are
more flexible than DOS one.

>
> I have rolled some of my own things, but I don't have any desire
> to code full utility sets.
>

Why code? Utility set from GNU already does exist for DOS systems - even
16-bit.


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