On Sat, 13 Jan 2001 14:39:54 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all, I am new to computers actually I just turned 1 on my win98 system. I
> want to change fields and need some direction. I would like to be an
> all-round troubleshooting repair tech. I get so lost in all this computer
> stuff and need a focal point can anyone help? A friend gave me a 386 with win
> 3.1. It just stairs at me. I want to learn DOS got a booklet "understanding
> and getting around in DOS" its OK would like something easier to follow.
I've been running DR-DOS for years. DR-DOS 6 came with a really fine
666 page dos manual; I think DR-DOS 7, http://www.caldera.com
can be had with it as well. It provides several advantages over
the mickysloth versions, a few points come to mind.
TASKMAX is a multi-tasker offering several virtual dos machines that
flip between jobs faster than win can.
CONFIG.SYS comes with an
? device=c:\mscdex.exe
? device=c:\loadlin.exe
or whatever, asking if you want to install the cd-rom driver,
or in the latter case, launch loadlin to put you in Linux.
any config.sys line preceeded by a question mark offers a Y/N option
during boot.
SMARTDRV is a more stable disk cache.
it also has a TSR dos tutor you can call up with a hotkey to get info
on any dos command.
As you see, this is posted with ARACHNE, a dos GUI browser email tool.
DR-DOS _COLD_ boots to the dos promt in 22 seconds, and Arachne can
dial the ISP in another ten. If you fool around with hardware, this
is really neat cause you can power down, install, or remove, boards you
wanna test quickly.
A further opportunity may arise if this nation experiences power grid
problems. I have found 486 boards that will run on a dozen watts; you
can get grayscale VGA LCD that run on only 8, and IDE hard drives that
do fine on 6-8 watts. upshot is a whole system running on less than
30 watts. Figure out how much longer a UPS will run at that rate
compared to what it will take to run win 9x to get mail.
I have adapted laptop power supplies to run a standard desktop 486
with LCD VGA that will run all day on a couple of golf cart batteries.
uncopywritten- do what you will with it.
-- Arachne V1.68, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
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