Hi Arkady, >>> GH> Yes, but is it not the case that the startup files are different
>> Startup files are same. > GH> Can you clarify what you mean here? How do you define "same"? > > Identical or newer versions. Are you claiming they're identical or not? If not, then they're not the same! "Newer" does not mean "Same"... > GH> Maybe this is where I'm getting mixed up. You appear to be saying DOS > GH> 6.22 is much newer than WfW 3.11, is this correct? > > DOS 6.22 is end of 1994 (1994/08/19), Win 3.11 is middle of 1994 > (1994/05/23). I asked regarding WfW 3.11, not Win 3.11 but maybe you are saying they were released at the same time? If so, it's no wonder I got mixed up, I always thought WfW 3.11 was newer than MS-DOS 6.22 and that part of the deal was the IFS, Net and file I/O changes. I don't think of WfW as a DOS shell because big chunks of it bypass DOS. To me, a DOS shell would be something that talks to the hardware via DOS, not something that bypasses it. Either way, it's been a good learning process for me. It's made me think a lot more about how operating systems interact with hardware and also what the word "shell" means:) -- Gerry Hickman (London UK) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
