On 1999-06-16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>>On Mon, 24 May 1999, Dean wrote:
>> I've been a NewDeal Office user for years. (like since it was
>> GeoWorks)
>> to run on its own. AND it will run on anything from a 386 with 8
>> megs RAM up!!
>It works on 8086 with 640K RAM and up.
> ^^^^ ^^^^
>Cheers,
>~pete
That's odd. I thought that, at their web site, it says that you need a 286
or larger. Are you talking about an older version?
Anyway, a few months ago, I wrote to the NewDeal folks with some questions
about their GUI, and with their permission, I'll repeat my questions with
their responses, as follows...
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To: "Jerry J. Haumberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: Steve Main <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Very Curious about NewDeal...
At 06:39 PM 5/27/99 -0600, Jerry J. Haumberger wrote:
>If NewDeal has an "operating system", why is it necessary to have DOS on th
>the computer before installing it?
NewDeal is an Operating System (it controls the computer, manages
the processes, and provides services to applications), but NewDeal
is not a DOS (Disk Operating System). NewDeal relies on DOS for
file system services (the management of writing and reading files
on disks and hard drives).
>I have PC-DOS 7.0 (with the Y2K upgrade) and
>would be curious to know if I could install NewDeal Office without
>disturbing any of my PC-DOS settings and other DOS software. Would this be
>possible with NewDeal?
I use PC DOS 7 myself on two of my computers. It's a great
choice for use with NewDeal. Assuming you don't have some really
unusual or obscure settings, the only thing you might need to
change about your PC DOS 7 settings would be to make sure you
have a minimum of files=30 and buffers=30 in your config.sys
file and that you have plenty of conventional memory available
(at least 540k and the closer to 600k the better).
I use PC DOS 7's ramboost and run NewDeal on the machines.
>Also, I have on my 486DX2 (8MB of RAM) two
>partitions: one with PC-DOS and the other with Red Hat Linux 5.0, which I
>can enter separately upon bootup with Linux's LILO boot utility. Would
>this be altered or incompatible with NewDeal?
No problem at all.
>How much space does NewDeal Office take?
About 12 mb, plus documents.
>Can I use PC-DOS as usual and my other DOS programs after installing
>NewDeal?
Absolutely yes.
>I'm impressed with the mission of the NewDeal staff/product. But I still
>enjoy working with my version of DOS. So I would prefer that you inform me
>on the particulars of how you integrate the NewDeal product with other DOS
>systems...
I'm not sure I understand the question. You can run NewDeal from
the DOS prompt. You can exit NewDeal and run other DOS programs from
the DOS prompt. Or you can also use NewDeal like a fancy menu program
to run your other DOS programs. When you double click the icon for
a DOS program in NewDeal's file manager, NewDeal will shut itself
down except for a small hook in memory (about 1.7K) while the other
DOS app runs, and then NewDeal will start up again when you exit the
other DOS app. NewDeal does not attempt to multitask DOS apps.
>Also, depending on the impression you give me, I'll report my findings to
>an e-mail list of folks whose main interest falls exactly within your
>mission category...
Thanks.
Steve Main
Dir Tech Services, NewDeal
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Jerry
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