Hello fellow Arachnids and SurvPC Folks: I have found a very interesting post in a newsgroup. As it is so very much on topic, I am forwarding same to both lists. All the best, Sam Heywood ------------- forwarded message begins --------------- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer,alt.comp.shareware.nettamer >Subject: Re: The future of DOS >Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 14:39:19 GMT >Organization: MindSpring Enterprises >Lines: 40 >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >References: <899bmv$9km$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >NNTP-Posting-Host: c7.ae.97.ab >X-Server-Date: 6 Mar 2000 14:38:28 GMT >X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 >Xref: rQdQ alt.msdos.programmer:48009 alt.comp.shareware.nettamer:2798 On 2 Mar 2000 16:49:09 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Fischer) wrote: >Christophe R. Evans ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >: Well, i am still runnign PC DOS 7.01 and working on my own DOS called >: NX-DOS 8, (alpha is running on one machine) a kinda unix/dos >: intergration but w/ the ease of the dos CL instead of teh cornfusing >: linux script shells... I prefer dos and it feels like I am inthe >: minority.. > > You are not in the minority by far, even people >upgrading to more capable machines and GUI would like >to stay with DOS, but need one or more of the features >available with 32 bit, multitasking, etc. > > And there are other reasons for preferring DOS, >I stare at the screen too much, and having to use the >mouse and then enter keyboard data too, causes me to >stare too long without blinking enough, and I just got >over a dry eyeball and a resulting bursted blood vessel >(apparently not a big concern, but ugky and unwanted). > > I would very much like just a program loader, >something simple, I have found I have been spending >more time configuring, rebooting, reinstalling, and >recomfiguring, than I have doing the things I want >to do and need to do. > >Joe Fischer >-- >3 >3 There is a 32bit, Multitasking DOS operating system available. It is called Real/32. The company markets this OS as a realtime operating system but after checking out its specifications one will realize that it is quite suitable for the desktop enviornment. The company who produces it can be found at the following url http://www.imsltd.com/ and the company's name is Intelligent Micro Solutions, LTD. BTW, the operating system also has multiuser capability. I also ran across an internet site which gave some history of DR-DOS and it stated that DR-DOS and Real/32 share some history. I hope that this helps. ----------- forwarded message ends ------------- -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
