Ron Clark wrote:
> I have MS-DOS 6.20 - that's six-point-two-zero ! This is important.
So do I ;-)
(And some other versions I don't use)
>The stolen software was removed
>from the, say, MS-DOS 6.20, and all that software was re-called.
(IIRC) It was removed and a new version was made (let us call it MS-DOS
6.21). Later the first company bought (de)compression code from a third
company and made a new version out of it (let us call it MS-DOS 6.22).
>This IS the
>buggy, disaster-prone version that some have come to hate with a passion.
I am
>told that the descendent of that utility is only now becoming stable.
The diffrences between 6 and 6.20 (and my comments):
* Slower HiMem.Sys on start (checks memmory be default - add /TestMem:Off
to get it back to normal)
* copy, move and xcopy asks before overwriting (not in BATch files) :)
* scandisk (or as I prefer to call it
"scan-and-destroy-your-disks-when-nothing-is-wrong-with-them") :(
* "Better" smartdrv setup by default (ie. doesn't show the DOS prompt
before it's finished writing)
* DoubleSpace can now be uninstalled :)
* DoubleSpace automatically "mounts" your floppies (even in Windows <g>)
* DoubleSpace doesn't need to run (but then you can't get access to those
drives)
* DoubleSpace is safer ("Doubleguard" has been added)
* autoexec.bat can be run one line at a time
* defrag is able to handle bigger drives :)
* diskcopy saves data temporarly on HD (probably in TEMP) :)
* Easier output from dir, mem, format and chkdsk :)
