At some point I will probably transition from my beloved 486 to some
kind of pentium with some kind of winblows. The answer to ``Why?'' is
complex, and I wont bore you with it. However, PC prices seem to be
down to about $500. US now, due to declining sales.
I believe windows 95 and 98 still run on top of a real DOS, whereas later
versions simulate dos to run dos programs. Is this correct?
More important, is the dos 7 (equivalent I assume to a version of
command.com and the files io.sys and msdos.sys) that comes with
win 95 and 98 really capable of running 99% of the programs written for
Dos versions 6X and earlier? I have heard that DOS 7 can not, in fact,
run various ``real'' dos programs, but I do not know how extsensive the
problem is.
If Dos 7 is not adequate, I would need to create a separate partition
for my dos 6.22 with all the programs I have come to depend on and
enjoy.
Thanks for any input,
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Howard Schwartz
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theo "at" ncal.verio.com
