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Date:	Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:41:22 PST8
From:	sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro)
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: DOS 5.0

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In <4050A9E0.EDC8FA6F@pacbell.net>, on 03/11/04
at 10:03 AM, "J. R. Fox" said:

>If I may ask, Sandy, why DOS 5 ? Wouldn't you get more functionality
>from your DOS using ver. 6.22 or 7.x ?

>Jordan

Hi Jordan,

Good question. The truth is that since I started using OS/2 (back with
version 2.1 beta), I have never used DOS. It just sits on my machine in a
small partition and is used for emergencies, like when System Commander
gets screwed by by Boot Manager, and I just boot into DOS and reenable SC.
So I have never had the occasion to upgrade from DOS 5.0.

The last time I really used it was in 1998 when I used a dial-in to the
internet so I could upgrade my Quicken 98. I haven't looked back since.

Now I am thinking of switching to eCS at some future date, and that
probably means reinstalling my apps. So I am doing a little research now
on another machine just to see how formidable a task that would be. So
far, it is not pretty.

Hope that answers your question.

Sandy

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