Message-ID: <20030516151505.77195.qmail@web14501.mail.yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 08:15:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Martin C <forolinux AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: [OpenDOS]: full compatibility?
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
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Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com

Hi again. Let me introduce you to my case.

I work in a place that have several computers (around
20) connected through a Novell Netware Network. Some
of them have installed Window$, and some others just
m$ DOS. The program we use to manage sales is writen
in clipper, and runs over DOS.
My goal is to make all the computers to run Free
Software. I started changing all the Office with
OpenOffice, and made some test with Novell DOS 7 where
I don't need graphical enviroment. In the computers
where I need it, I'll put (or I'll try at least) Linux
running Dosemu (I've already made some failed
attempts...).
All right, thats my goal, but I have had some troubles
with Novell DOS. The program I need to run is very
very heavy, and needs a lot of files open at the same
time (I have to add the line 'files=150' to
config.sys). When I replaced the m$ DOS with Novell
one, I had severals hungs ups and some bad stuff (like
the dump of the registries...).

My question is: Is there a version of OpenDOS or other
not MS DOS that can replace Perfectly the performance
of ms's one?
I just load hymem.sys and works fine with msDOS.....

Thank you a lot for your help.

Sincerely, Martin.

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