Tom, actually, i'm totally wrong as someone on the list pointed out to me. i made
myself look like an idiot =) but i'm touched that he (she? i didn't pay attention)
cares about me. =)
my only reason for suspecting that more happened between win95 and win98 is things
such as my experience with PKZIP. i never had win95 at home, just at work and used
PKZIP there all the time. when i got win98 at home & PKZIP crashed, i spent forever
trying to figure out how to configure my DOS window settings, or whatever, as i
figured that was the reason. then i went to PKWares site & found out they did have a
new program for win98. so that is what makes me think something of substance took
place between 95 & 98.
i also know nothing about win2000... once i understand Linux i'm sure i will use
win98 only for photoshop & games, so i don't think i'm going to spend any effort on
win2000. i have heard third hand reports of people who like win saying win2000
stinks... but have neither seen a 2000 system nor talked first had to anyone who has
one.
and more comments below......
Adrian Smith
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>>> Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1:35:35 PM 8/11/00 >>>
On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, you wrote:
Correct as far as you go Adrian, W98 is also still just A GUI
runnin on top of good 'ol outdated 640K DOS. I don't know about
win2k, don't have it don't want it. 'Bout all that windoze 9x is
still the best at is a game platform, and everything I've read says
W98's much better than win2k for that.
DOS isn't hidden in any W9x, just edit MSDOS.SYS to BootGUI=0,
and you'll boot to DOS 7.x (W98 is DOS 7.1). Add 'Logo=0' and you
can watch it doin it. If you boot to DOS in any other fashion (eg,
DosMode, <F8> at boot), a quick run of 'mem /c' will show there's
some windoze overhead still present. If you edit msdos.sys to
eliminate Windoze, 'mem /c' will show no Windoze overhead present.
[note: all W9x CD's are not created equal, some will provide a
pure DOS prompt by using F8 at boot]
my comment: hmmmm i thought i knew all the MSDOS.SYS tricks =) i never tried
booting to DOS as you describe, i only use the F8 or boot option menu. i will have to
try this out. thanks for the tip (right now there are about 500 people going "this
is a linux list!")
This 'pure' DOS prompt is suitable for even flashing your bios,
MOF, I prefer it to doin flashes from a floppy. It also will
sometimes get a DOS based program runnin which refuses to work
right in DosMode, or <F8> Which is another reason to keep Windoze
around, 'least for a while ;) That and rippin the TT fonts to use
with Linux, so don't microwave those old W9x CD's just yet ;->
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~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
me again: i agree, tho i hate win98 in may ways, it does have good things about it.
i still have a second computer, MSDOS 6.2/Win3.1. i like to fire it up and talk to my
teenager friends about "the old days"
have a better one
adrian
