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DOS versions 3.30 and 3.31 are ideally suitable for computers that have
no upper or extended memory. If 640K is all you have to work with, then
you should not consider using a DOS version higher than 3.31, IMHO.
Sam Heywood
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But DOS 3.3x couldn't handle partitions > 32 MB. My first computer was
386 SX-16 in 1990, hard drive 40 MB in one partition with MS-DOS 4. Also,
MS-DOS 4 introduced an Extended Open/Create function, int 21h function 6Ch. Any
program that uses this function won't run in DOS <= 3.3x. Why would you want
DOS 3.31 and not 4 or 5?
On another question, if you want to install DR-DOS in the same partition with
Windoze 95 or any other version, the file system would have to be FAT16, meaning
wasteful of disk space for a large partition.
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for viewing Telebot's fax image files I use the PICTVIEW shareware program
and I use the viewer that comes with QL2FAX (aka Quick Link II Fax, a
commercial program that used to come provided free with real modems).
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What version of PICTVIEW do you have? I have 1.92, and it can read some TIFs
but not Telebot's fax image files. This PICTVIEW was freeware. I guess I need
to check for a newer version?
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It appears that IMAP is not for email only. I can access newsgroups through
my ISP's NNTP server "news.shentel.net" while I am logged on to an IMAP server
such as the one at http://www.telebot.com and http://www.subdimension.com.
I don't understand the technical aspects of how this is possible. I do know
that I can do it, and I do it regularly. The setup configuration file for
PC-PINE has an entry field for the name of a news server. In order for
PC-PINE for DOS to work at all, you must set it up for use with an IMAP
server. PC-PINE for DOS will not work at all with a POP3 server. This is
what their own DOCS and FAQs will tell you.
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Will PC-PINE not work with an NNTP server in the absence of IMAP? IMAP server
is a strange requirement to be able to post & read news. In view of the memory
shortage problem, I am inclined to think PC-PINE DOS version is not worth the
trouble.
WH> DR-DOS is also good with it's DPMI-support.
Ricsi> Are you joking :)))
> _ALL_ DPMI programs I tried with it immediately crashed !!
> (same applies to the multitasker !)
Ricsi,
I run DOS Lynx386 under DR-DOS with EMM386, and I believe it uses DPMI. But
once my system hung in Lynx386, and when I rebooted with Reset button, system
year was 2094. But I have also come up in 1994 or 2094 after getting hung with
UKA_PPP in DR-DOS. But DR-DOS seems to protect against the system hanging with
UKA_PPP better than MS-DOS 6.22 or OS/2 Warp 4, but the date/year alteration
happened only with DR-DOS.
But the multitasker causes DOS Lynx386 to run short of memory, causing me to
quit using the multitasker.
Thomas Mueller
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