Thanks for the reply. What's your point? >
I was just curious what features I would miss if I use for example DR-DOS 3.41 instead of DR-DOS 7.03. Well it's not really important as I'm not planning to do some stuff that requires a certain level of performance and features. And as you said it also depends on the hardware. If you want to get the 1980 feeling, get used to EDLIN. Or buy a real > useful editor. > I will give it a try! On Mon, Jul 14, 2025, 23:00 tom ehlert via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > If I get it right, DR-DOS 3.41 is small in size, offers more free RAM, > and > > is designed for 16-bit. For such reasons, it's more suitable for my > setup. > +1 > > > I would still like to ask, since DR-DOS 3.41 is an earlier release, some > > features will be cut compared to newer ones for sure. But to what extent? > What's your point? > > You are on an expedition into 1980's computing experience, both software > and hardware. > > And software wasn't made (significant) better unless it was allowed to use > more hardware, > as in faster CPU's and more memory. > > That includes (on this DOS list) the availablity of ~600KB memory, and > (later) some > 2 MB RAM. More obviously better. > > FreeDOS kernel+command.com should work fine for anything >= 2MB. > For less, use something else. > > BTW: for machines without XMS, SVARDOS command is definitively the better > choice and should > be the default install option for FreeDOS 1.whatever. > > > If you want to get the 1980 feeling, get used to EDLIN. Or buy a real > useful editor. > > Tom > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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