Windows® 98 Unleashed

Chapter 23. DOS Isn't Dead: Unleashing the DOS Shell

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Getting to DOS

• Working at the DOS Prompt

• Customizing the DOS Window

• Understanding PIFs

• Running a Program in MS-DOS Mode

• Creating a Program-Specific Startup Configuration

• Optimizing Memory for DOS Applications

• Troubleshooting DOS Difficulties

cruft together v To throw together something ugly but temporarily workable.

MS-DOS n A clone of CP/M for the 8088 crufted together in six weeks by hacker Tim Paterson, who is said to have regretted it ever since.

from The New Hacker's Dictionary

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