Re: running DOS programs - failure

"POP" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> What programs?  Old DOS programs can have a lot of difficulty on XP's DOS 
> support so it varies.  Might be possibleto make an educated guess based on 
> the features of the program.
>   Exactly what happens when you try to run it?
>   Are you running it from a DOS window or Start,Run,CMD, or how?

Two of the programs are myHouse by DesignWare and COGO (coordinate geometry 
[surveying program]) both vintage 2000.

When I click on the program icons, click on a shortcut, or click on a .bat 
file the screen changes to an all black (DOS screen) and then quickly 
disappears.

I rewrote the .bat file to terminate with 'pause' then the error message in 
my previous post below appeared above the 'press any key to continue' 
message. Pressing a key makes the DOS screen disappear as before.

Have also tried the start,run,cmd with the same result.

The error is (apparently) caused by the lack of a DOS operating system in 
xp.

I do not want to go the dual boot route, emulation would be  fine as I will 
be running the programs only to extract the old information I put in them a 
long time ago. I have used a duel boot for DOS/w3.1/w95 successfully but 
don't want to go that route again.


> Have you tried useing the program's XP Properties to put it into win98 
> compatability mode?  That might be all it needs.
>

Yes, tried all the suggested modes w95,w98, etc - screen resolution, etc., 
same failure for the same reason - no DOS.
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> You can run actual DOS as an os, but note it's an os; and so is XP. 
> Therefore you'd have to get into learning to dual boot, etc..
>
> I might have a couple links I can suggest if you try to answer the 
> questions above.  There are also DOS "simulators" but I've never had much 
> luck with them; pretty clunky as a rule.
>
> HTH,
> Pop
>
>
> "anon" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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>>I have tried to run a couple of DOS programs on a wXP computer.
>>
>> I get an error message (similar to) "ERROR CM AT IP FFFDH"
>>
>> I think the hex addresses may be different.
>>
>> Why did this run ok on w98se but fails in wxp?
>>
>> Any cure for this as I need the data and output which is stored and 
>> produced
>> by the programs.
>>
>> These programs don't have a windows version, only the DOS version.
>>
>> In addition, there are no web pages for these programs (mostly the 
>> programmers and companies are long gone.)
>>
>> Also is there any way to install DOS and have it run those DOS 
>> programs???
>>
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