From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Larry Alkoff Subject: Re: Newbie questions Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 13:25:31 -0600 Message-ID: <436D072B.3080506@mindspring.com> References: <4367A6D8.40009@mindspring.com> <43698E29.8010306@mindspring.com> <200511022332.48385.jsowden@americansentry.net> <436A5ED4.9020106@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Ralph Alvy Cc: linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org Ralph Alvy wrote: > Larry Alkoff wrote: > > >>John R. Sowden wrote: >> >>>On Wed November 2 2005 20:12, Larry Alkoff wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Ralph Alvy wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Larry Alkoff wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Can I use 4dos as a replacement for command.com? >>>>> >>>>>Yes. I use MS-DOS 6.22 with 4DOS replacing command.com. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>- >>>>>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" >>>>>in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >>>>>More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>>> >>>>Thanks Ralph. That answers the 4dos question quite satisfactorily. >>>> >>>>Larry >>> >>>I use 4dos 7.5, the latest version and ms-dos 7.10, which, if I remember >>>correctly is the dos from win98. I do this so I can access my 32 bit >>>partitions from dos. >> >>John I presently use >>4DOS 7.50 (Win98) DOS 7.10 >> >>However I'd like to use IBM dos which perhaps can be purchased to get >>away from any software liability from using Windows 98 dos. >> >>Any idea which IBM dos version I need and where I could get it? >>Otherwise I'll use freedos. > > > I imagine IBM-DOS will work, but I haven't tried it. If freedos allowed me > to run the DOS apps I use on a daily basis, I'd use that instead of MS-DOS > 6.22, but it doesn't. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Ralph what DOS apps do not run in IBM-DOS? Do you know what's lacking in IBM-DOS so they can't run? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux