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Name: Thursd@y (by Khameis)
Date: June 11, 2005 at 04:43:51 Pacific
OS: Win XP Pro
CPU/Ram: Intel 4 512
Comment:

can I have a list of advantages & disadvantages for the MS-DOS, please?

thanks



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Response Number 1
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: June 11, 2005 at 05:39:14 Pacific
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I suppose you mean as compared to windows XP.

speed
easy on resources


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Response Number 2
Name: hiho
Date: June 11, 2005 at 09:05:47 Pacific
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http://www.computing.net/mac/wwwboard/forum/11070.html


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Response Number 3
Name: hiho
Date: June 11, 2005 at 10:13:51 Pacific
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http://www.nickjc.co.uk/dosalt.htm


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Response Number 4
Name: jboy
Date: June 11, 2005 at 10:23:17 Pacific
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For those that have to ask, no answer will satisfy.

Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. -John Wayne


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Response Number 5
Name: hiho
Date: June 11, 2005 at 10:28:20 Pacific
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http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~pje/dosfiles.html


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Response Number 6
Name: Nigel Spike
Date: June 11, 2005 at 11:27:15 Pacific
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Can use it on a computer with 256KB RAM


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Response Number 7
Name: Dave357
Date: June 14, 2005 at 18:23:42 Pacific
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>Can use it on a computer with 256KB RAM

That's rediculous...home PCs will never need more than 64KB RAM.

Dave

If Wile Coyote had enough money for all that Acme crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?


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Response Number 8
Name: howndawg
Date: June 16, 2005 at 06:54:22 Pacific
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Well, you could probably buy an antique PC with DOS on it and use it as a calculator... and still pay less than a brand new calculator you'd buy in a store =)

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