On 22 Jan 2007 at 13:56, Jules Richardson wrote:
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.
No, I'm not an MS booster, but I do like as little interference as
possible when I'm twiddling bits on ports.
Cheers,
Chuck