mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:Malik wrote:I can think of a few : […]
Show full quote
I can think of a few :
1. Better readability when seeing the numbers of disk sizes, memory info outputs.
2. Memmaker for UMB management and memory management, without needing a third party software.
3. Defrag & Scandisk - also without requiring 3rd party programs.
4. Updated internal commands and device drivers.
MEM command gives more information with more switches available.
5. Multiple Boot configuration blocks in config.sys.
That's going from version 5 to version 6 I'm guessing?
Oh, yes, I meant that.
If you're asking about the differences between the various 6.xx versions, I think the major difference lies in the disk compression utility :
(In Summary: )
a. MS-DOS 6.0 included DoubleSpace.
b. There was some problem with DoubleSpace (data loss) and MS fixed the DoubleSpace in version 6.2. Scandisk was included in this version.
c. Microsoft got sued for infringing on the copyright of DoubleSpace. Microsoft removed it and released the latest Dos as 6.21
d. Microsoft bought the rights to a DoubleDisk compression utility and renamed it as DriveSpace and released the last dos as 6.22 with DriveSpace included.
And some other updates to certain included programs.
(Forgot all details. Need to refer my DOS 6.22 book to recall.)