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* Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022Bob Eager
+* Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022candycanearter07
|+- Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022Bob Eager
|`* Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022Lawrence D'Oliveiro
| `* Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022candycanearter07
|  `- Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022Bob Eager
`- Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022Scott Alfter

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Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
From: Bob Eager
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:26 UTC
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From: news0009@eager.cx (Bob Eager)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
Date: 24 Apr 2024 09:26:20 GMT
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 07:52:10 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:10:10 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>
>> Ironically, Windows was built on DOS too.
>
> And it still carries some of that 8-bit legacy, like an albatross around
> its neck. Example: drive letters.

Do keep up. You've been able to mount drives on folders for a long time
now.

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Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
From: candycanearter07
Newsgroups: comp.misc
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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:30 UTC
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From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid (candycanearter07)
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Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
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Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> wrote at 09:26 this Wednesday (GMT):
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 07:52:10 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:10:10 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>>
>>> Ironically, Windows was built on DOS too.
>>
>> And it still carries some of that 8-bit legacy, like an albatross around
>> its neck. Example: drive letters.
>
> Do keep up. You've been able to mount drives on folders for a long time
> now.

The option is kinda hidden in the Device Manager.
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Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
From: Scott Alfter
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In article <l8s1hsFt8lfU2@mid.individual.net>,
Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> wrote:
>On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 07:52:10 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:10:10 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>>
>>> Ironically, Windows was built on DOS too.
>>
>> And it still carries some of that 8-bit legacy, like an albatross around
>> its neck. Example: drive letters.
>
>Do keep up. You've been able to mount drives on folders for a long time
>now.

Try telling that to (l)users. I might refer to network shares by their UNC
path, but most of the people I work with have those shares mapped to various
drive letters. They're not always the same between departments, or even
within departments, and we have no documentation of who's using what drive
letters to map to which shares. It can make troubleshooting a bit of a
pain. :-P

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Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
From: Bob Eager
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:16 UTC
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Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:30:10 +0000, candycanearter07 wrote:

> Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> wrote at 09:26 this Wednesday (GMT):
>> On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 07:52:10 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:10:10 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ironically, Windows was built on DOS too.
>>>
>>> And it still carries some of that 8-bit legacy, like an albatross
>>> around its neck. Example: drive letters.
>>
>> Do keep up. You've been able to mount drives on folders for a long time
>> now.
>
>
> The option is kinda hidden in the Device Manager.

Or in Disk Management, which is perfectly logical.

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Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
From: Lawrence D'Oliv
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:30:10 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

> The option is kinda hidden in the Device Manager.

Why is it an “option”, in this day and age?

Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
From: candycanearter07
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From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid (candycanearter07)
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Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 22:21 this Wednesday (GMT):
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:30:10 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>
>> The option is kinda hidden in the Device Manager.
>
> Why is it an “option”, in this day and age?

Tradition, probably.
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Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
From: Bob Eager
Newsgroups: comp.misc
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On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:30:13 +0000, candycanearter07 wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 22:21 this Wednesday
> (GMT):
>> On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:30:10 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>>
>>> The option is kinda hidden in the Device Manager.
>>
>> Why is it an “option”, in this day and age?
>
>
> Tradition, probably.

Backwards compatibility. It's what the majority of users are used to.

But Lawrence has to pursue his agenda.

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