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Date:	Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:09:45 PDT7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: DOS (was: FAT32 Size ! Formatting ! (was: 32 GB FAT32))

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Ray Davison wrote:
>
> Primarily DR 7.01 w/FAT32 native. But I also have FREEDOS.
> . . .
> my word processor of choice is WordPerfect 6.2b for DOS. Even the Fax
> function works under OS/2. But, IMHO, all DOS apps work better under
> real DOS. I have current versions of Quicken and QuickBooks, but my
> accounts payable is Money Counts 8, DOS. I find chasing numbers and
> letters around the screen with a mouse to be very inefficient.

I too like the quickness of a plain old text window. I haven't had time
to try DosBox which Jerry demo'd a few meetings ago. Have you by chance
tried DosBox to see if it will run your apps? Jerry said that DosBox
runs just about everything, even DESQview.

- Peter

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