Re: OS/2 vs Win'95(or '96)

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From: khc... Oliver Chung
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 1995 00:00

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Justin Hawkins <jhaw...@tardis.apana.org.au> wrote:
>khc...@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu (Oliver Chung) writes:
>> d...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Dan Ho) wrote:
>> 
>> >	MS or IBM programmers:  Why doesn't dos support HPFS?  Is it a 
>> >32-bit OS thing?  if so why?  (Besides the length of an integer (16-bit) 
>> >which limigs to 65535?  Files.
>> 
>> FYI, there are a couple DOS HPFS drivers available, but they
>> takes around 200k memory.  They are available in
>> hobbes.nmsu.edu, but I forgot the path.  Download the index file
>> and search for HPFS.

>Rubbish. Total rubbish. I have two, AMOS and HPFS-Access. AMOS uses
>about 40K of DOS memory, HPFS-Access uses a mere 8K. Both can be
>unloaded when you've finished with them, and I think both can be
>loaded high, if you have the high memory available.

Looks like I have to apologize for this mistake.  Sorry.  I
haven't checked how much those DOS HPFS drivers takes in DOS. 
The 200k number is what it takes (approx) in OS/2, so I assume
it applies to DOS as well.

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>> 200k is not a big concern in 32bit OSes, but in DOS, 200k
>> conventional memory means you nearly won't be able to run
>> anything nowadays.

>Whoever heard of a 200K TSR?

I remember having seen Sidekick putting a 1xxk TSR in DOS, but
that was years ago...

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Subject: Re: OS/2 vs Win'95(or '96)
Date: 1995/07/07
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