[Thinkpad] T43

[Colgrove, George]

Sorry, but I can't help it!  This all would be a non-discussion has OS/2
(may it rest in peace) won the OS war.  OS/2 (may it rest in peace) has
built in abilities to create multiple Virtual DOS or Windows machines of
various venders.  In the same session I had MSDOS 3.3, PC DOS 5.0 and
DR-DOS 6.0 running in separate virtual machines.  I never had to install
add-on software to do this either.  I could also control the speed of
each virtual machine. The need to do this however was not really
necessary since the DOS box in OS/2 (may it rest in peace) was very
capable in it's own right.

Stepping off the soap box, kicking it and storming off - frustrated. 

-----Original Message-----
From: thinkpad-bounces at stderr.org [mailto:thinkpad-bounces at stderr.org]
On Behalf Of David Ross
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 4:48 PM
To: 'Thinkpad Users Group'
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] T43

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> BUT... It makes it *MUCH* more likely that you will need to use those
> recovery utilities. NTFS is in a completely different league than
FAT32 when
> it comes to robustness.

I know this is true on paper, but I've had more (and more serious)
problems with NTFS in the few years I've been using it, than I ever had
with FAT32 (or have had since, running a 'mixed' system).  This is just
my decision *for me*.

> For running that old DOS software, VMware is the best solution. You
can
> create a DOS VM that lets you actually run DOS in its own virtual
machine.

I was doing this for a while, but the overhead on the particular machine
where I need it most (both in disk space, load time, and overhead) was
just too great.  Much easier/faster to just boot from a DOS floppy.

David

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