From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ralph Alvy Subject: Re: Newbie questions Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 09:06:25 -0800 Message-ID: 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: Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org 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.