On 18 Apr 1999, Eric Smith wrote:
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> However, MS-DOS loses if you compare functionality per byte of memory
> consumed.
Speaking of MS-DOS memory consumption, I just (finally) picked up a copy
of PC-DOS 1.10 a few days ago. The manual includes these enlightening
comments with regards to memory requirements:
"Increased Memory Requirements
First, DOS Version 1.10 is about 250 bytes larger than Version 1.00 and
BASIC and BASICA Version 1.10 are about 200 bytes larger than their
Version 1.00 counterparts. In general, this should not affect any of the
applications that you have written and already run with Version 1.00.
Should you encounter the rare case of having one of your applications
"not fit" with Version 1.10, it may be necessary to "trim" your program
to run with Version 1.10. Although we've made every effort to keep
things from growing, some growth was unavoidable."
Now, I wonder... was IBM speaking for Microsoft when they talked about
"effort to keep things from growing"? :)
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> Eric
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Received on Tue Apr 20 1999 - 05:15:25 BST