1. jokes and dosshell
- Posted by CAMPOS ARRIBAS- LUIS RAUL <95203695 at XAEE.UB.ES> May 05, 1998
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Hi guys! Don't panic!...i'm not going to tell more jokes!:( Few days ago i posted a terrible joke...you shall understand that it was a *literal translation* from spanish and that's the problem(there was a vocabulary error,sorry! instead of 'packages' it should had been 'baggage' or 'valise') Anyway,i don't think that is quite gentle to criticize so scoffingly someone who is doing huge *efforts* trying to make himself clear to others!..... ---------> let's forget it:) Yesterday i was looking my MS-DOS 6.20 manual and there's a page that makes reference to a command called 'dosshell'.I tried in many computers to use this command but always looms up the same message: bad command or parameter I decided to seek the compressed dosshell.ex_ file in the original floppys...but it doesn't exist! ? :| It might be a Microsoft 'prank'? ( P.D: of course I have the legal and original disks! ) Regards, Luis
2. Re: jokes and dosshell
- Posted by Billy Phipps <bphipps at YAHOO.COM> May 05, 1998
- 647 views
Luis, I think that dosshell only comes with IBM PC DOS. Someone please correct me if this is incorrect. Check out http://www.stockpile.com/ for some available MS-DOS compatible managers. Billy Phipps billy.phipps at florsheim.com ---CAMPOS ARRIBAS- LUIS RAUL <95203695 at XAEE.UB.ES> wrote: > > Hi guys! > > Don't panic!...i'm not going to tell more jokes!:( > Few days ago i posted a terrible joke...you shall > understand that it was a *literal translation* from spanish > and that's the problem(there was a vocabulary error,sorry! > instead of 'packages' it should had been 'baggage' or > 'valise') > Anyway,i don't think that is quite gentle to criticize so > scoffingly someone who is doing huge *efforts* trying to make > himself clear to others!..... > > ---------> let's forget it:) > > Yesterday i was looking my MS-DOS 6.20 manual and there's a page > that makes reference to a command called 'dosshell'.I tried in many > computers to use this command but always looms up the same message: > > bad command or parameter > > I decided to seek the compressed dosshell.ex_ file in the original > floppys...but it doesn't exist! ? :| > It might be a Microsoft 'prank'? > > ( P.D: of course I have the legal and original disks! ) > > Regards, > Luis > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
3. Re: jokes and dosshell
- Posted by MAP <ddhinc at ALA.NET> May 05, 1998
- 622 views
CAMPOS ARRIBAS- LUIS RAUL wrote: > > Hi guys! > > Don't panic!...i'm not going to tell more jokes!:( > Few days ago i posted a terrible joke...you shall > understand that it was a *literal translation* from spanish > and that's the problem(there was a vocabulary error,sorry! > instead of 'packages' it should had been 'baggage' or > 'valise') > Anyway,i don't think that is quite gentle to criticize so > scoffingly someone who is doing huge *efforts* trying to make > himself clear to others!..... > > ---------> let's forget it:) > > Yesterday i was looking my MS-DOS 6.20 manual and there's a page > that makes reference to a command called 'dosshell'.I tried in many > computers to use this command but always looms up the same message: > > bad command or parameter > > I decided to seek the compressed dosshell.ex_ file in the original > floppys...but it doesn't exist! ? :| > It might be a Microsoft 'prank'? > > ( P.D: of course I have the legal and original disks! ) > > Regards, > Luis Luis, Dosshell originally appeared on MS-Dos 4.0, and for some reason I had thought it never made it into newer versions, but it did. I found a reference that said in DOS Version 6 this program is stored on the "DOS supplemental disk". If the disks you have are the OEM disks that came with the computer, it's possible that the supplement disk was not included. Christopher D. Hickman
4. Re: jokes and dosshell
- Posted by Kasey <kaeyb at GEOCITIES.COM> May 05, 1998
- 631 views
Billy Phipps wrote: > > Luis, > I think that dosshell only comes with IBM PC DOS. Someone please > correct me if this is incorrect. Check out http://www.stockpile.com/ > for some available MS-DOS compatible managers. > > Billy Phipps > billy.phipps at florsheim.com > > ---CAMPOS ARRIBAS- LUIS RAUL <95203695 at XAEE.UB.ES> wrote: > > > > Hi guys! <snip> > > Yesterday i was looking my MS-DOS 6.20 manual and there's a page > > that makes reference to a command called 'dosshell'.I tried in many > > computers to use this command but always looms up the same message: > > > > bad command or parameter > > > > I decided to seek the compressed dosshell.ex_ file in the original > > floppys...but it doesn't exist! ? :| > > It might be a Microsoft 'prank'? > > > > ( P.D: of course I have the legal and original disks! ) > > > > Regards, > > Luis > > > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com I was in MS_DOS 4.x and 5.x, I rember quite clearly using it. however MS was adding and subtracting all kinds of things in 6.x do to law suits etc. also OEM versions wer often 'adjusted' to include the OEM's pet little programs and occasionaly some thing non-criticle got left out (especially if the OEM felt it didn't apply to the computer they were selling, and could cut back on the number of floppies they had to ship per computer by leaving out a couple 'not needed' items) usually with notice you could get the missing parts from thier or MS's bbs this OEM version thing where parts are left out happens even more with windows(shipped on floppy), if the oem isn't shipping a printer or modem you must obviously not need any printer or modem drivers or anything requiring them. And of course any such you buy will have everything you need. <insert sarcasm last two lines> Kasey
5. Re: jokes and dosshell
- Posted by Irv <irv at ELLIJAY.COM> May 05, 1998
- 620 views
At 04:32 PM 5/5/98 +0000, Luis wrote: > Yesterday i was looking my MS-DOS 6.20 manual and there's a page > that makes reference to a command called 'dosshell'. My memory isn't what it used to be, but I think the dosshell was a text-mode "file manager" sort of thing. You could copy, move, delete, run programs. If you don't have it, don't worry. You're not missing much. If you really want something like dosshell, you could write one in Euphoria fairly easily. Irv
6. Re: jokes and dosshell
- Posted by Daniel Berstein <daber at PAIR.COM> May 06, 1998
- 627 views
>Dosshell originally appeared on MS-Dos 4.0, and for some reason I had >thought it never made it into newer versions, but it did. I found >a reference that said in DOS Version 6 this program is stored on the >"DOS supplemental disk". If the disks you have are the OEM disks >that came with the computer, it's possible that the supplement disk >was not included. My DOS 6.22 (OEM) disk set consists of 4 disks. Disk #4 is the "supplemental disk", it has it's own install program (a .bat file). Regards, Daniel Berstein.
7. Re: jokes and dosshell
- Posted by Arthur Adamson <euclid at ISOC.NET> May 05, 1998
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- Last edited May 06, 1998
At 04:13 PM 5/6/98 -0300, you wrote: >>Dosshell originally appeared on MS-Dos 4.0, and for some reason I had >>thought it never made it into newer versions, but it did. I found >>a reference that said in DOS Version 6 this program is stored on the >>"DOS supplemental disk". If the disks you have are the OEM disks >>that came with the computer, it's possible that the supplement disk >>was not included. > > >My DOS 6.22 (OEM) disk set consists of 4 disks. Disk #4 is the "supplemental >disk", it has it's own install program (a .bat file). > >Regards, > Daniel Berstein. A modest shareware prog called ds421b is available in several places. It is a superior "dosshell" which I have used for years. I can dig up a url if you can't and are interested. Bye, Art Arthur P. Adamson, The Engine Man, euclid at isoc.net
8. Re: jokes and dosshell
- Posted by CAMPOS ARRIBAS- LUIS RAUL <95203695 at XAEE.UB.ES> May 06, 1998
- 645 views
> Data de tramesa: Tue, 05 May 1998 14:12:45 -0400 > De : Irv <irv at ELLIJAY.COM> > Assumpte: Re: jokes and dosshell > A: Multiple recipients of list EUPHORIA <EUPHORIA at > MIAMIU.ACS.M UOHIO.EDU> > Enviar resposta a: Euphoria Programming for MS-DOS <EUPHORIA at > MIAMIU.ACS.MUOHIO .EDU> > At 04:32 PM 5/5/98 +0000, Luis wrote: > > > Yesterday i was looking my MS-DOS 6.20 manual and there's a page > > that makes reference to a command called 'dosshell'. > > My memory isn't what it used to be, but I think the dosshell > was a text-mode "file manager" sort of thing. You could > copy, move, delete, run programs. > If you don't have it, don't worry. You're not missing much. > If you really want something like dosshell, you could write one > in Euphoria fairly easily. > > Irv > Oh my! i don't have spare time to write down a file manager in Euphoria!Right now i'm going to begin my final exams at the college (pharmacy) and i haven't open a book yet! ?:O I have the Norton commander and i think that it's a wonderfull file manager.Actually i'm working in my PUWT (if you have tested my code please send me any suggestions!:) an i'm trying to give mouse support to Daniel Berstein's menu_eng.e....Yeah!i know that David Cuny created it's great text_gui( 100% stunning ) and it's incredeable, but it's too big if you only want to display a single pop up window in your program! Regards, Luis Campos
9. Re: jokes and dosshell
- Posted by Mike Fowler <mike.fowler at NELSUN.GEN.NZ> May 07, 1998
- 660 views
- Last edited May 08, 1998
>Luis, >I think that dosshell only comes with IBM PC DOS. Someone please >correct me if this is incorrect. Check out http://www.stockpile.com/ >for some available MS-DOS compatible managers. > > >Billy Phipps >billy.phipps at florsheim.com T can remember dosshell on our 8086 when it had MS-DOS 5... they might have scrubbed it by the time they got to 6.x maybe? Mike Fowler - mike.fowler at nelsun.gen.nz o__ --- _,>/'_ --- (_) \(_) ---