Re: running DOS programs - failure

"Ant" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> "anon" wrote:
>>
>> "Ant" wrote:
>>> You could try a decent DOS emulator. DOSBox was designed to run old
>>> games, but it may be suitable for your apps.
>>>
>>> http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> I downloaded this (and the Browser-Appliance) - I am not sure what to do
>> next in order to run the DOS programs.
>
> Presumably you need to install it first. Read the FAQ link.
>

Sorry - I forgot to mention that I installed both the dosbox and the browser 
per the instructions.

I get a window-like screen with the menubar but nothing in the menus allows 
me to access MY files, the only things listed look like something in the 
doxbox operating system - nothing in the root directory of my hdd (the list 
of MY folders.)

>
> How do I browse to MY files/programs on the hard disk and launch a 
> program?
>
> Forget about the Windows way of doing things.
>
>> Does dosbox include DOS automatically?
>
> It emulates MS-DOS. You can run your programs from its "DOS-like
> command prompt" just as you would from a normal DOS prompt.

How do I get to the DOS prompt? The screen looks like an application window 
not a DOS screen.

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>
> Note that I haven't used DOSBox myself, but others say it works well.
>
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