Re: Oracle: "Microsoft is quaking in its boots over Linux"

From: Joe Brown <joe_at_hopi.dtcc.edu>
Date: 15 Oct 1998 08:13:49 GMT
Message-ID: <704art$okr$1@apache.dtcc.edu>

Err.. I think this work only with old 95

In the newer 95's you need set 'bootgui=0' in msdos.sys and call windows 'win' from autoexec.bat otherwise 'mode co80' doesn't work.

In article <3625A61B.5E8A33D5_at_tat.dk>, jan <jan_at_tat.dk> wrote:
>ASTROSPMIS wrote:
>
>> Yep, Linux is ready to take off as a
>> techie OS but not as a user OS! There are
>> lots of gizmos out for techies but the
>> magority of people out there are not techies,
>> they are just plain old users.
>
>Couldn't the same be said about DOS? And didn't it become a
>successanyway? In the beginning it wasn't for the masses - but now lots
>of
>people are running Win95 - which is nothing but an application on top
>of DOS. Oh, you didn't know? Try eg. writing 'mode co80' when
>you have shutdown your Win95 to see the good old DOS screen :-)
>
>/jan
>
>

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(: Joe Brown :) joe_at_apache.dtcc.edu I believe Wine is going to be great if it ever gets finished. . . I believe Linux _is_ great even though it's not finished! ! ! I believe you have my address. :-) Received on Thu Oct 15 1998 - 03:13:49 CDT