Re: PC Transporter uses

[ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean)]

mkheintz@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Michael Heintz) writes:
 
: This is incorrect.  MS-DOS 3.3 was the most current version of MS-DOS when
: the PCT manual was written.  In my understanding, MS-DOS 5 is better at memory
: optimization than older versions of DOS.  I have only run MS-DOS 5 and I have
: experienced no problems that can be attributed to the DOS.  Plus, the new
: features of MS-DOS 5 are really nice, it's a lot nicer than MS-DOS 3.3 which
: I still have to use at work (yuk!).
: 
Thanks for the info. I am a little naive about DOS, so can you tell me what
are the features of MS-DOS 5 that makes it better than DOS 3.3? I also have
norton utility (comes with my PCT).

: I have used MS-KERMIT, but it drops characters.  Other programs are available
: on-line, like COM-AND.  It supports zmodem, but the screen writes are slow
: because it is trying to be fancy.  For some reason, even Kermit at 2400bps
: drops characters under the PCT.

How about just using it to read news? Is it fast enough?

: 
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