Re: TI-H: I know I'm going to regret this...
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Re: TI-H: I know I'm going to regret this...
command.com just holds info on how to treat files at a dos level, you don't
need it, but you should keep it and use the shell= command, or you can make
a menu that lets you select which one you want, but anyway, any1 here use
DCOM or heard of it?
At 03:08 PM 8/2/99 +0200, you wrote:
>
>I guess it depends on how they call it. for maximum compability I have
placed a
>4dos.com copy named command.com in c:\ and c:\windows\ too..
>
>//Olle
>
>J D wrote:
>>
>> I remember that command....it was in the autoexec of my old XT :) I
thought
>> it might be for something like that. But do programs look for
whatever's in
>> the SHELL variable or command.com itself? I could see that creating
>> problems, unless 4Dos's shell is named command.com.
>>
>> ----Original Message Follows----
>> eeh.. yes.. shell=c:\4dos\4dos.com in config.sys...
>> or shell=whatt\ever\you\want.com ...
>>
>> //Olle
>>
>> J D wrote:
>> >
>> > You can DO that?!?!! I mean get rid of command.com and use 4Dos's
>> shell?!!
>> >
>> > ----Original Message Follows----
>> > 4dos is just a shell. I guess FreeDOS is a whole os?
>> > Isn't it then a problem to run it with win95?
>> > When I run win95, I dont like the shell command.com provides so I use
>> 4dos
>> > instead.
>> > Where can I get FreeDOS so I can try it out?
>> >
>> > //Olle
>> >
>> > Grant Stockly wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >J D wrote:
>> > > >> HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! THAT I find to be quite pathetic but
>> > unfortunately
>> > > >> not too unlikely. In the GUI age of modern computing, no one
needs
>> > the poor
>> > > >> little command-line anymore....::sniffle::
>> > > >>
>> > > >> C:\> type thismsg.txt | more
>> > > >
>> > > >yes.. it's too bad.. But the command.com shell for DOS sucks real
>> > bad..
>> > > >I use
>> > > >4dos.. a little better (coloring, tab-completion, stuff like that)
>> But
>> > > >its not
>> > > >even close to the good shells for unix/linux..
>> > >
>> > > FreeDOS is better than MSDOS and more compatible.
>> >
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