[arachne] Re: Which DOS?

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From: "Jeff" <arachne.freelists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> I'm about to rebuild a 486 DOS box from the FORMAT C: upwards. Can
> the good folks on this list give their advice, preferences and reasons for
> which DOS to install? I have a collection from MS-DOS 6.2 to FreeDOS
> 1.0 via DR-DOS, PC-DOS, PTS-DOS and ROM-DOS. Each seems to be good at
> something, but not for something else. I had almost decided on ROM-
> DOS but then heard someone say that it did not play nice with
> Arachne!

> For information, this PC will connect to the outside world by LAN.
> While there is a good quality modem on it, that will not be the main
> internet connection.

> Many thanks for your opinions,

> Jeff

I'd recommend either MS-DOS 6.22 or PC-DOS 7; both are very fast and
compatible. DR-DOS would also be a good choice, however, it is a bit
unstable in the EMM386 department, and I doubt that you would need any
of its advanced features for the purpose you have in mind.

FreeDOS is probably not the best OS since it is known to have problems
with Arachne. I heard that both PTS- and ROM-DOS have compatibility
issues, but I have not used them much so I cannot say if they would
work with Arachne.

Regards,

Udo

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