Hi howard!
12 Apr 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (howard schwartz) wrote:
hs> I was told that dos7 that comes, at least with win95 has certain
hs> ``powers'' the last ``real dos'' does not: a) dos5 and dos7 copy and
hs> move files faster than dos 6.22 b) dos7 supports fat32 which saves
hs> wasted disk space, does 6.22 does not c) internal commands (e.g., if
hs> and for) are enhanced.
b) is true
I don't believe in a)
and c) is IMHO minimal
hs> It may not come with all the standalone programs like move, but these
hs> can be simply added, if they run with dos 7x.
Some programs are missing, but important ones are included.
move, smartdrv, mscdex, deltree, mem ...........
hs> I know at some point, microsoft provided a cmd.com that simulated dos,
hs> but did not actually provide a way to boot ``in dos mode'' (I guess
hs> no IO.sys and msdos.sys). Did this occur at win98 or later?
No ... cmd.exe is NT (which has no DOS, so it emulates it)
win98 contains normal dos 7.10
WinME also ... but M$ tried to hide it.
hs> Howard Schwartz
CU, Ricsi
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