Re: comcom.com

[Clarence Dang <dang@kde.org>]

On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 10:26 am, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote:
(...)
> I still have some problems with Sidekick which suggest that the
> freedos algorithms for finding files are not yet 100 %. 
It might not be FreeDOS...
It could be COMCOM or DOSEMU (MFS among other things).

> Part of
> Sidekick is a program SKINST.COM. This aborts with a message:
>
> *** FATAL ERROR: Message file SKINST.MSG not found
>
> although SKINST.MSG is in the Sidekick directory. Similarly,
> though SK now installs, one of its functions ("Help") does not
> work; it complains of the file SK.HLP not being present (but it
> is). Finally, Sidekick's "Notepad" function. The existing NOTES
> file is not found, and trying to save a (new) notepad, Sidekick
> gives an error message:
>
> *** Directory full. Press <ESC>
>
Where can I get Sidekick (legally)?

> These things do not happen with dosemu-dos6 or dosemu-dos98.
>
Ok, try running FreeDOS with dos 7.1's command.com (replace the command.com 
link to comcom.com with a link to MS' command.com).  Then try running real 
dos 7.1 with comcom.com instead of MS' command.com (of course, you'll have to 
rename comcom.com to command.com, but you get the idea).

Clarence