paulrichards 30.07.2011, 04:29 |
Considering MS-DOS (Users) |
I'm considering using MS-DOS on a 'modern' computer (dual-booting with XP or Windows 7) and I have a few queries. |
Japheth Germany (South), 30.07.2011, 07:37 @ paulrichards |
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> (4) are the utilities in FreeDOS e.g. JEMM386, 'better' than their MS-DOS --- |
paulrichards 31.07.2011, 01:49 @ Japheth |
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> The quality of the FreeDOS utilities varies from "unusable" to "excellent", |
Rugxulo Usono, 30.07.2011, 13:52 @ paulrichards |
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Hi, |
paulrichards 31.07.2011, 01:54 @ Rugxulo |
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Rugxulo: thanks for your amazingly comprehensive answer (snipped to avoid cluttering up this post) - you have certainly given me a thorough summary of options which I will investigate. And I will look at your website. |
DOS386 30.07.2011, 15:17 @ paulrichards |
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> (1) should I use MS-DOS 6.22/MS-DOS 7.1 or one of the compatible OSs e.g. --- |
paulrichards 31.07.2011, 01:56 @ DOS386 |
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DOS386: thanks for the suggestions. There certainly seems to be no lack of options. |
Dennis 30.07.2011, 20:43 @ paulrichards |
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> I'm considering using MS-DOS on a 'modern' computer (dual-booting with XP |
rr Berlin, Germany, 30.07.2011, 21:57 @ Dennis |
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> T: Editor for DOS and OS/2, written by Tim Baldwin at IBM's UK labs. The --- |
Dennis 30.07.2011, 22:39 @ rr |
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> > T: Editor for DOS and OS/2, written by Tim Baldwin at IBM's UK labs. The |
rr Berlin, Germany, 30.07.2011, 22:13 @ Dennis |
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> VDE: Eric Meyer's MS-DOS word processor, using the WordStar command set. --- |
Dennis 30.07.2011, 22:31 @ rr |
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> > VDE: Eric Meyer's MS-DOS word processor, using the WordStar command set. |
paulrichards 31.07.2011, 02:06 @ Dennis |
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Dennis: thanks for your very full answer. |
Dennis 31.07.2011, 02:28 @ paulrichards |
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> Dennis; thanks for your very full answer. |
paulrichards 31.07.2011, 03:22 @ Dennis |
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> > Dennis; thanks for your very full answer. |
Rugxulo Usono, 31.07.2011, 03:50 @ paulrichards |
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> I'm beginning to think I don't want the complications of dual booting. |
paulrichards 31.07.2011, 04:34 @ Rugxulo |
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Dennis 31.07.2011, 03:53 @ paulrichards |
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> I'm beginning to think I don't want the complications of dual booting. I |
paulrichards 31.07.2011, 04:37 @ Dennis |
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ron Australia, 31.07.2011, 06:57 @ paulrichards |
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> So that idea's dead in the water --- |
paulrichards 31.07.2011, 07:19 @ ron |
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> --- |
ron Australia, 31.07.2011, 08:02 @ paulrichards |
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> Ron: my daughter has a laptop she doesn't use (she's on the iPhone all the --- |
paulrichards 31.07.2011, 10:40 @ ron |
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> --- |
Dennis 31.07.2011, 17:05 @ paulrichards |
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> > It is easy enough to create enough partitions from 300 GB, if you would |
paulrichards 01.08.2011, 01:39 @ Dennis |
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> --- |
ron Australia, 31.07.2011, 23:59 @ paulrichards |
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> Ron: my problem is that I'm not sure how to go about partitioning a hard --- |
paulrichards 01.08.2011, 01:41 @ ron |
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> > Ron: my problem is that I'm not sure how to go about partitioning a hard --- |
marcov 01.08.2011, 14:49 @ ron |
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> I would advise against using a Linux application to create DOS |
Dennis 02.08.2011, 16:01 @ ron |
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> > Ron: my problem is that I'm not sure how to go about partitioning a hard |
Dennis 31.07.2011, 17:18 @ Dennis |
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> > > Er, why do you want to run DOS full screen? I prefer large monitors |
w3a537 Colorado Springs CO USA, 02.08.2011, 10:25 @ Dennis |
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Two things ... |
DOS386 02.08.2011, 15:25 @ Dennis |
Considering MS-DOG (inside NTVDM) |
> How modern? The first problem you'll encounter is whether a 64 bit system --- |
Dennis 02.08.2011, 15:48 @ DOS386 |
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> > How modern? The first problem you'll encounter is whether a 64 bit system |
marcov 02.08.2011, 18:56 @ Dennis |
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> > Very wrong. Ability to run a 16-bit OS has nothing to do with |
RayeR CZ, 02.08.2011, 19:58 @ marcov |
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> Afaik it is not just OS. If you switch a x86 CPU to 64-bit mode, then you --- |
Rugxulo Usono, 05.08.2011, 23:06 @ RayeR |
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> > Afaik it is not just OS. If you switch a x86 CPU to 64-bit mode, then |
RayeR CZ, 12.08.2011, 03:09 @ Rugxulo |
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> Quake (DJGPP, 32-bit) works fast as normal, but 16-bit emulation for 64-bit --- |
DOS386 04.08.2011, 11:29 @ marcov |
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> 64 bit Intel architecture CPUs should still be able to do it). It's --- |
marcov 04.08.2011, 21:59 @ DOS386 |
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> > OS/2 was supposed to be that OS, but IBM and MS couldn't agree on |
Dennis 06.08.2011, 04:01 @ DOS386 |
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> > > OS/2 was supposed to be that OS, but IBM and MS couldn't agree on |
RayeR CZ, 03.08.2011, 00:53 @ Dennis |
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> I load an old PC Magazine command line editor called CMDEDIT, in an --- |
Dennis 03.08.2011, 02:02 @ RayeR |
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> > I load an old PC Magazine command line editor called CMDEDIT, in an |
RayeR CZ, 03.08.2011, 12:13 @ Dennis |
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> I have, but seldom use, products like Navigator. I'm an old command line --- |
Dennis 03.08.2011, 15:34 @ RayeR |
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> > I have, but seldom use, products like Navigator. I'm an old command line |
RayeR CZ, 03.08.2011, 18:38 @ Dennis |
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> Oh, I understand why you like it. And there are a bunch of two pane file --- |
Dennis 03.08.2011, 19:19 @ RayeR |
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> > Oh, I understand why you like it. And there are a bunch of two pane |
RayeR CZ, 04.08.2011, 01:24 @ Dennis |
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> I have Servant Salamander here. It's one of the early dual-pane Windows --- |
Dennis 04.08.2011, 04:29 @ RayeR |
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> > I have Servant Salamander here. It's one of the early dual-pane Windows |
marcov 04.08.2011, 08:53 @ RayeR |
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> > There is also MinGW, an implementaion of the Gnu compiler suite that |
Rugxulo Usono, 05.08.2011, 23:15 @ RayeR |
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> > I have NDN under Linux. Which key shortcuts do you refer to? Keyboard |
Dennis 06.08.2011, 03:05 @ Rugxulo |
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> > > I have NDN under Linux. Which key shortcuts do you refer to? |
Rugxulo Usono, 06.08.2011, 04:43 @ Dennis |
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> > As marcov hints, I'm fairly (?) certain that even MinGW Bash / MSYS |
marcov 06.08.2011, 13:12 @ Dennis |
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> > As marcov hints, I'm fairly (?) certain that even MinGW Bash / MSYS |
marcov 06.08.2011, 13:04 @ Rugxulo |
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> As marcov hints, I'm fairly (?) certain that even MinGW Bash / MSYS needs |
Dennis 04.08.2011, 04:38 @ RayeR |
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> I also checked win32 ver. and ansi you mentioned (even for 64bit |