Re: Diversi-DOS

[dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr)]

David Chiu (none@nowhere.org) wrote:
: It's basically a speed up DOS 3.3 (like David DOS, Pronto DOS and probably
: some others that I am not aware of ^^;.) If memory servers, it's fairly
: compatible (unlike a certain David DOS II)...

: > In article <OdMg6.1067$iB1.454704@typhoon.austin.rr.com>, "Krack"
: > <krack@kracker.com> wrote:

: > > whats the story with deversi-dos? I got an original copy from Goodwill
: and
: > > have yet to find as use for it. Is it more of less dos3.3 without some
: of
: > > the features?

It's a speeded-up DOS 3.3 with the error messages removed (I forget what
features were added in the few bytes they saved).  I think the main
advantage it had was that it was shareware from the very beginning,
meaning that developers could use it without having to specifically
license it.

That said, I seem to recall having some intermittent, nasty problems with
Diversi-DOS, and I specifically went through and got rid of it on any disk
that had it.  Beagle Bros' "Pronto DOS" is a far better choice for an
accelerated DOS 3.3...much more compatible with 'pure' DOS 3.3 than any
other 'high speed' DOS 3.3 variant I've ever used.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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