MSDOS 6.22 "DriveSpace"
Ed Holtrop
I caught wind of of a MSDOS 6.22 with a compression utility called
"DriveSpace" any truth to this? When is it going to stop?
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Paul Gelsman
: I caught wind of of a MSDOS 6.22 with a compression utility called
: "DriveSpace" any truth to this? When is it going to stop?
I fetched a copy of 6.22 on a BBS last night. Its true, theres a
replacement for Doublespace called Drivespace. I installed in on my 486/33
at work during the morning break and de-installed it at lunch. It really
slowed down my disk access, notably in MS Excel 5.0. I kept 6.22 loaded,
just got rid of the Drivespace prg. I don't see any difference in the new
6.22 as yet though. Time will tell.
Paul
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> I caught wind of of a MSDOS 6.22 with a compression utility called
> "DriveSpace" any truth to this? When is it going to stop?
It's true. It won't.
Dave.
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Sens, M.C.
Yes, Microsoft will release MS-DOS 6.22 in July. It contain a new
(probebly written by Vertisoft) on-the-fly disk-compression utility
called 'DriveSpace'. I've already worked with the beta-version: The
utility is direct comparable with DoubleSpace, but it's called
'DriveSpace': DriveSpace.bin is back in the root.
I've notice no differance compared to DOS 6.2 and 6.21....
MAUS, v90...@si.hhs.nl
PS. Microsoft has planned to release MS-DOS 7.0 before the end of this
year. It contains a complete 32-bits kernel, so it would run in XMS,
what means that your old 16-bits DOS-applications can run in a lot more
convential-memory....
jo...@xconn.com
IV>>In article 9406080...@poohs.com, ed.ho...@poohs.com (Ed Holtrop) write
IV>>>
IV>>>I caught wind of of a MSDOS 6.22 with a compression utility called
IV>>>"DriveSpace" any truth to this? When is it going to stop?
IV>>>
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IV>>> * TLX v4.00 * ZEBRA: A sports-model jackass.
IV>> Yes, Microsoft will release MS-DOS 6.22 in July. It contain a new
IV>> (probebly written by Vertisoft) on-the-fly disk-compression utility
IV>> called 'DriveSpace'. I've already worked with the beta-version: The
IV>> utility is direct comparable with DoubleSpace, but it's called
IV>> 'DriveSpace': DriveSpace.bin is back in the root.
IV>> I've notice no differance compared to DOS 6.2 and 6.21....
IV>> MAUS, v90...@si.hhs.nl
IV>> PS. Microsoft has planned to release MS-DOS 7.0 before the end of this
IV>> year. It contains a complete 32-bits kernel, so it would run in XMS,
IV>> what means that your old 16-bits DOS-applications can run in a lot more
IV>> convential-memory....
From what I have read, DriveSpace is supposed to be backward compatible with
DoubleSpace. However I have heard there are some problems with utility programs
that interact with these type of compression programs.
The example I read about was Norton's SpeedDisk not being able to open the
compressed root drive.
Caveat emptor.
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IV>> PS. Microsoft has planned to release MS-DOS 7.0 before the end of this
Any truth to the rumor that it will allow multi-tasking *without*
Windows?
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Frank Slootweg
> PS. Microsoft has planned to release MS-DOS 7.0 before the end of this
> year. It contains a complete 32-bits kernel, so it would run in XMS,
> what means that your old 16-bits DOS-applications can run in a lot more
> convential-memory....
You probably mean "so it would run in extended memory". XMS makes
extended memory available to programs. Perhaps this alleged 32-bit
kernel *provides* XMS, but I doubt it *runs in* it.
Bryan D. Sproles
: Sens, M.C. (v90...@si.hhs.nl) wrote:
: > PS. Microsoft has planned to release MS-DOS 7.0 before the end of this
: > year. It contains a complete 32-bits kernel, so it would run in XMS,
: > what means that your old 16-bits DOS-applications can run in a lot more
: > convential-memory....
Will DOS 7 contain compatibility w/ Doublespace? Since there are still
probably thousands (or more) people who Still use Dos 6.0, 6.2 with
Doublespace...(Myself included) :)
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