22 Jan
2007
22 Jan
'07
10:11 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 22 Jan 2007 at 13:56, Jules Richardson wrote:
Hmm, that's interesting. Might give that one a try.
The only downsides:
1) Lack of long filename support (if I'm archiving something I prefer to
give it a long name rather than having to poke into the archive contents to
see what something is),
2) Lack of remote administration (control via serial port or network would
be handy in some cases).
(1) Just load DOSLFN in your config.sys--you get long filename
support (at least under DOS 7.x) without having to run Windoze. (2) Run under Win9x--you get TCP/IP support as well as
support for a
few other protocols. Win9x doesn't get in the way of doing direct
port access, generally speaking.
I'm wary of going anywhere near Win95 to be honest - seems like that would be
asking for stability issues, particularly for any machine that might be left
on for any length of time.
DOS on the other hand was always pretty stable :)
cheers
Jules