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...




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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