Re: PC Transporter OS

[a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

Roy Miller <millers@inetnebr.com> wrote:

>Mitchell Spector wrote:
>
>>     In terms of practical use your best off using MS-DOS v6.22,
>
>I would say that you are better off using MS-DOS 3.3, since 4.0 and higher are
>much fatter, and there isn't "high" memory on the PCT to move DOS out of the
>640k, meaning that 3.3 gives you all the functionality you will need from DOS,
>with the smallest "footprint".

    Does it really make a difference for the type of software your
limited to on a PC/XT compatible? Afterall, the PC-Transporter
only offers a NEC V30 @ 7.16 MHz, 640K with CGA graphics.

    Disk space isn't usually a problem if your using DOS hardisk
images. After a complete DOS 6.22 installation (on the 32 MB
ProDOS partition I set aside for my PCT) there was still plenty
of space left over. I also can't remember any instances where
a program refused to run because of lack of free memory. And
DOSShell provided a somewhat functional graphical interface
atop MS-DOS 6.22 (I'm not sure if it runs under MS-DOS 3.3).

Mitchell Spector
a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca