Karen, > I certainly agree with your stance here. I have been using one > ms-dos 7.1 package since at least 2007 or so, easily and effort- > lessly. I have helped others find it as well. > I am not sure where the .bg country code is, but I could not > connect to the site when I tried it before writing this note. > It may be that they dislike low graphics browsers like lynx, or > that they are now getting lots of traffic.
For your info, ".bg" is Bulgaria. Given both Dennis's and your problems with the website I noted, I suspect there could be some "international" constraints AGAINST Bulgaria, in some areas! > I need, no demand smiles reliability, so skip buts myself. > I have not used ms-dos 6.22 for a grand while though, my need for > much larger drives, the one I use for backup is over 30 gig, made > the 7.1 door more practical. I do wonder sometimes though if I > could accomplish a bit of both worlds. What stands out for you > in dos 6.22 over the later 7.1 edition of ms-dos? My father was a "packrat" (saved EVERYTHING), and I am not. My total storage, after almost 50 years of software, is only 180-MB and fits easily on CD-RW disks, of which I have 3 as my backups. Thus, I do not need FAT32 or "long filenames", and I do not need the "bloat" that comes with most V7.10 MS-DOS programs. I also do NOT like that V7.10 will LOSE a "lock drive" command for some reason that I have never understood, and that is a "nuisance" as it always occurs when I do not expect it. So I stay with V6.22 MS-DOS, which is NOT "bloated", and has NO "lock drive" to cause me any profanity! My actual "Internet vehicle" is V4.0 Win/NT, since there are no good browsers, CD burners, etc., for use with MS-DOS. V6.22 or V7.10 helps me there, as Win/NT denies me the right to deal with some system files. V6.22 MS-DOS does not! > Most important of all, hear hear on using what you desire. It > is why there is a personal in pc after all. A pleasure to know you, dear Lady, after all my dealings on this forum with "legalists" who FAIL to see that I was only giving an EXAMPLE of V7.10 still being available! V6.22 MS-DOS and V4.0 Win/NT also save poor-old retirees like me from paying $500/year "tribute" to Gates & Co. for their semi-annual collection of new BUGS, which they call "service packs"! BEST wishes, Jack R. Ellis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsored by Intel(R) XDK Develop, test and display web and hybrid apps with a single code base. Download it for free now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=111408631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
