Re: running DOS programs - failure

anon wrote:

> 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.

Booting into something more 'flexible' and modern like FreeDOS would be
a lot more comfortable than you might've experienced with the old DOS.

http://www.freedos.org/freedos/about/
FreeDOS aims to be a complete, free, 100% MS-DOS compatible operating
system
Easy multiboot with Win2000/XP
FAT 32 file system and large disk support
LFN support (on command line with 4DOS)
LBACACHE - disc cache
Memory Manager
FDCDEX and CD-ROM driver
Mouse driver with wheel-support
FDAMP - APM control/info, energy saving TSR/control, cache flush,
rebooting
UDMA driver - UDMA driver for DOS: up to 4 unlimited size hard drives
etc.



-- 
Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin