Hi all,
Out of curiosity how many folks have a machine running MS-DOS currently? Any of the original versions.. No DOS-BOX or such.. just Microsoft. If so, what are you using it for? I miss it for sure. It just struck me that someone may still be using a copy of it for some reason
or another.
I plan on offering traditional phone lines this year, glad to know that some people are still doing it old school :)
Yeah, it does support downloading, but only Xmodem and YModem. Michael Brutman >did say he would consider adding the feature if enough people requested it but >I don't think anyone other than me has. Trouble is, many BBS's these day's only
have Zmodem and/or URL download. Xmodem isn't available on many BBS's these
days.
I just realized I posted an empty reply. Sorry about that. I am currently running MSDos 6.22 as a virtual machine with a pile of dos applications, that have issues running through Mono or Wine. Sadly some of these programs were never ported to window/linux.
I'm still using MS-DOS daily. I use it mostly for text entry, calculations ect. I like the reliability and stability of DOS and it's something that grew on me years ago and I have kept it. I find I like it better for distraction free work, and I like the retro aspect of running it.
One of the palmtops is always with me and is used daily. I like it so well that I have 2 spares.
I did not realize that DOS would run on small appliances like palmtops.
I always figured they used some proprietary OS. That is pretty neat.
Mike
I did not realize that DOS would run on small appliances like palmtops. I always figured they used some proprietary OS. That is pretty neat.
Mike
Yeah, I was quite surprised that it was running MS-DOS 5.0. It's a slimmed down version with the bare essentials on the ROM. You can get it to boot off a PCMCIA Flash card and run a full version if you wanted to bad enough. I find the built in software really nice.
Theres a Word Processor, Lotus 123, HP Calc, Data Base, Appointment book, Filer that's much like Norton Commander, Data Base, and a Terminal program. You can drop out of the GUI at any time and go to the command prompt or reboot fully in DOS with no built in software in ram.
I have to give HP credit in that they really put a lot of thought in building and coming up with a nice system that fits in your pocket.
Best of all it runs about 2 months on 2 AA alkaline batteries.
Wow, neat! It is amazing it can run lotus 123. Remember my only try of having it running on an XT. It did work, but let's say the experience was not amazing. Never tough of seeing a spreadsheet running at low FPSI did not realize that DOS would run on small appliances like palmtops. I always figured they used some proprietary OS. That is pretty neat.
Mike
Yeah, I was quite surprised that it was running MS-DOS 5.0. It's a slimmed down version with the bare essentials on the ROM. You can get it to boot off a PCMCIA Flash card and run a full version if you wanted to bad enough. I find the built in software really nice.
Theres a Word Processor, Lotus 123, HP Calc, Data Base, Appointment book, Filer that's much like Norton Commander, Data Base, and a Terminal program. You can drop out of the GUI at any time and go to the command prompt or reboot fully in DOS with no built in software in ram.
I have to give HP credit in that they really put a lot of thought in building and coming up with a nice system that fits in your pocket.
Best of all it runs about 2 months on 2 AA alkaline batteries.
Miggs.
Like some other users I am using an emulator (PCEM). It started as a project of
creating a copy of my first computer. Then a "Museum of computers", emulating f
om an XT to a Pentium 1, which I am using now. It quickly grew out of control.
Like some other users I am using an emulator (PCEM). It started as a project of
creating a copy of my first computer. Then a "Museum of computers", emulating f
om an XT to a Pentium 1, which I am using now. It quickly grew out of control.
I have looked at PCEM some over the past few years. One thing it seems to lack is the ability to use a COM port for modem communications. As most of my retro project somehow involve BBSing, I have never been able to use it.
I think it is really cool that others can, though. I always keep it in
mind in case I do come up with a project for it.
Mike
* SLMR 2.1a * Pass the tequila, Manuel...You are right about the COM ports! Haven't even realized it yet!.. As for now, I have Internet access emulating a NE2000 card, and using brutman's TCP/IP and Telnet package for DOS.
You are right about the COM ports! Haven't even realized it yet!.. As for now,
have Internet access emulating a NE2000 card, and using brutman's TCP/IP and lnet package for DOS.
There is another project called 86box (probably you know it), but as I use Lin
it is not very useful. Recently they managed to compile it on Linux, but with
You are right about the COM ports! Haven't even realized it yet!.. As for now,
have Internet access emulating a NE2000 card, and using brutman's TCP/IP and
lnet package for DOS.
Nice!
There is another project called 86box (probably you know it), but as I use Lin
it is not very useful. Recently they managed to compile it on Linux, but with
I also use linux so that might be why I have not heard much about it.
Still, it is good to hear that people are working on such projects.
I also use linux so that might be why I have not heard much about it. Still, it is good to hear that people are working on such projects.
dosbox and dosemu have decent com support
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