Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/23/09:38:28
On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> > You don't need 600k compressed package to get file completion. For an
>
> 4DOS *ISNT* a 600k compressed file completion package. It does MUCH
> more than that. It is a compete overhaul of COMMAND.COM. It includes
That was precisely my point. File completion alone doesn't need that
much.
> As I said above, 4DOS consumes very little resident memory. It uses
> only 416 *BYTES* of conventional when loaded high, unlike command.com
> which uses close to 4k.
I have COMMAND.COM installed HIGH using 96 bytes of conventional memory.
I don't want to say, of course, that 400 bytes is a reason not to use
4DOS. And I certainly don't want to start a shell war here. I'm just
stating facts as they are; let others judge them.
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