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#3DS and Dos6 compression

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#42757From: Craig Sharp [Mem TM]May 5, 1993 7:18 AM
Well… I haven't seen a single problem. I would look elsewhere before I start sticking it all on the back of disk doubler… not to say that I'm sure it isn't DOS 6, but Norton's Smartcan, etc. have generated much of the problems originally attributed to DOS 6 in the ACAD forum. I don't use Norton's stuff, so I can't elaborate on why the problems exist. I do use DOS 6 and Diskdoubler… I didn't use memmaker. I have no problems except where Phar Lap isn't compatable with DOS 6 memory management.
#42866From: Martin KunertMay 5, 1993 8:30 PM
While not all people have problems with DOS 6, myself included, there are too many who do. In fact, in a computer industry daily trade journal two days ago, the lead story was DOS 6's problems and the industry wide reluctance by corporate MIS heads to convert to it.
#43088From: Craig Sharp [Mem TM]May 7, 1993 5:12 PM
Martin: I saw an article in InfoWorld… and their experiences sounded entirely foreign to mine. The said that DiskDoubler is the problem… and an MS spokesman said that their testing methods were the problem… I agree that caution should be used, but I have received enough benefit from it already that I can reinstall DOS 5 then reinstall DOS 6 (evidently eliminating 98% of the problems that InfoWorld had) and still be ahead. C#