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Old 01-05-2006, 02:10 AM
Jim
 
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Default Re: good shell replacement out there for xp?


"Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
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> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 09:42:32 -0800 from Jim <null@null.com>:
> > Of course, I suspect 4DOS may be
> > inadequate for some (e.g., not sure if it supports long filenames).

>
> It does support them under Win98.
>
> But there are other issues with running 4DOS under XP/ I no longer
> remember what they were, but I remember, when I asked the question in
> comp.os.msdos.4dos a year or so ago, there was some important reason
> not to use 4DOS under XP. I Got a new computer with XP on it around
> the beginning of 2005, and following advice bought 4NT for it rather
> than transfer my copy of 4DOS.
>


Thanx for the info !

Jim

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