On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 05:01:39 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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
> 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?
If you have a hard drive larger than 32 MB, then create additional partitions
as needed. I would want DOS 3.30 or DOS 3.31 because higher versions will eat
too much memory. I had explained this in my post. For conserving memory,
then DOS 2.2 would be even better.
> 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.
My post did not address this issue of course. As I recall you were talking
about operating systems for a Zenith 286 laptop.
> 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).
> 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?
I use PICTVIEW version 1.70. I know that I have used PICTVIEW for viewing
some fax image files. I'll modify what I said and now I will state that
as I recall, I used PICTVIEW to see the sample from Telebot. If I did not
view it with PICTVIEW, then I am certain that I viewed it either with NeoPaint
or QL2FAX, as these are the only other graphics-viewing programs, other than
HTML viewers, that I have on my system.
> 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.
> Will PC-PINE not work with an NNTP server in the absence of IMAP? IMAP server
Good question. I'd like to know the answer to that one too!
> 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.
I solved the memory-shortage problem with PC-PINE. I unload NWCACHE and I
configure for EMS instead of XMS. Also I load the packet driver, EPPPD.EXE
high. I use NetDial by Marc S. Ressl. Contrary to what one person has
posted, EPPPD does not load high by default if it can. You have to use the
command "lh epppd".
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Sam Heywood
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