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> >> Is there any advantage to pcdos? I took it off in favor of msdos,
> >> for two pretty superficial reasons, it was 9 meg, and that damned editor
> >> drove me nuts!
> >
> > To me, the question is not whether there is an advantage to PC-DOS,
> >but rather, "Is there any advantage to MS-DOS?" The answer to me at least,
> >is NO (except for the editor). I cannot imagine why anyone would voluntari
> >beef up Microsoft coffers just to install essentially duplicate software o
> >their thinkpad. If you like the MS-DOS editor, copy that file and the QBas
> >file and be done with it. There is no reason in the world to dump PC-DOS
> >for the MS version--its just plain silly.
> >
>
> I don't think so....
>
> At the time I got my thinkpad and thus PC-DOS, PC-DOS did
> not include any disk compression software (doublespace, stacker, superstor,
> whatever it was supposed to be). Instead, there was a coupon inside
> the PC-DOS box saying "send in this coupon, and IBM will send you the
> compression software for free".
That was true at one time--but it certainly is no longer the case.
Furthermore, if you're going to go and spend good $ on MS-DOS just to get
their (somewhat inferior) Doublespace feature, I'd think you were throwing
your money away, when you could get the much-superior Stacker software for
the same money.
> Well, I sent in the coupon. Then 2 days later I called IBM and
> asked if there was any other faster way to get the compression software;
> they said no, you must mail the coupon and wait. At that point I
> installed MS-DOS, largely at the time to get DoubleSpace (although,
> ironically, i have not used so far on my thinkpad...!).
Then what in hades did you bother installing it for? I simply don't
understand this...
> It has now been almost 4 months since I sent in the coupon.
> No compression software.
> Score one for MS-DOS over PC-DOS.
Not really--just a penalty point for the folks at IBM who lost
you. I sent in that same card and got my SuperStor compression disks 2
weeks later. And now for those who are using PC-DOS 6.1, you can FTP
the disks for the 6.3 upgrade--which has the SuperStor compression as an
installable option.
The worst I can say is that the support people at IBM screwed up
on sending your stuff, but it would be unfair in my estimation to write off
PC-DOS just for some joker's screw-up on a peripherally-related item.
> -Todd
>
> p.s. as an alternative altogether to things like Stacker/Doublespace,
> folks may want to consider Infinite Disk from Chili Pepper Software....
> It can automatically compress unused files ("unused" = not accessed
> for a specified number of days), or it can compress and move the
> files off of disk onto floppy, a different disk, Bernoulli, Syquest,
> magneto optical, network drive, etc. However, even moved files still
Hmm...as the owner of a SyQuest 270 (on the desktop), this software
sounds tempting! I already use the SyQuest to (among other things) archive
seldom-used software and projects to save "regular" disk space and still have
quick access to them. I've used a SyQuest 105 for a year now to do that and
recent obtained the 270 and sold the 105 (though I still use many of the 105
disks with the 270 drive).
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