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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