Re: DOS 3.3 Question

[wsmith@NOSPAM.ctron.com (Will Smith)]

On 14 Aug 1998 13:59:22 GMT, shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy
Shackelford) wrote:

|>UniDOS is a piece of crap. I got it to try to put some DOS stuff on 3.5s.
|>You had to use its included version of DOS, based on Apple's slow version.
|>It used language card memory which conflicted with some apps. I ditched it
|>and got AmDOS. It patches DOS so you can use any version of DOS with it.
|>I used ProntoDOS from Beagle Bros since it was a whole lot faster than
|>normal DOS. Programs can't tell it from normal DOS so there are no conflicts.
|>The only thing you lose using it is formatting 5.25 disks, which you have to 
|>do while running a non 3.5 savvy DOS. No big loss there. Plus AmDOS is 
|>shareware, hence freely distributable.

i wasn't trying to PUSH UniDOS, so much as i was trying to point out
that i HAVE it.  at the time (and indeed, until about a week or two
ago!), i didn't even know that AmDOS even EXISTED.

in the interest of preserving my files, it sounds like a good
thing....  where is it found?  i'm willing to give it a stab...

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