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From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: how do I undo 386BSD boot blocks?
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 12:21:32 GMT
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In article <1lf94r$fp5@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) writes:
> Please raise your hand if you run DOS prior to DOS 5.0 on a 386 and I will
> gladly shoot you as the idiot you are. ("You" in a general sense...)
[raises his hand]
Frankly, I can't understand why anyone would bother with DOS 5.0, since by
the time it came out there were dozens of excellent operating systems out
for the PC platform, many of which (such as OS/2) are competant if uninspired
enhancements to the basic DOS model. The only possible excuse for running
DOS is simple economic necessity: you don't have enough RAM for OS/2's
inexplicable bloat, or you can't afford to replace the system you bought
before 386en became affordable... and in neither case does DOS 5.0 provide
enough additional functionality over previous versions to make it worth
the price.
Please raise your hand if you're running DOS 5.0, DRDOS 6, or any other single
tasking program loader on a 386 capable of booting a real operating system,
and I'll arrange therapy... :->
Back to your regularly scheduled flame war with USL, or Novell, or whoever
it is owns System V this month...
--
Peter da Silva. <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
`-_-' Oletko halannut suttasi tänään?
'U`
Tarjoilija, tämä ateria elää vielä.