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NEW O/S ? Don't waste your time LINDOWS is on the way 
What it and LINUX can do for DOS remains to be seen !
I remember reading somewhere some time ago that somebody wrote
a "Protected DOS Mode Shell" to run in Windows ? Other than
using F8 or booting into DOS via the Start Menu using MSDOS.SYS.
As I keep saying, DOS ain't dead yet and won't be for some time
to come. Have a look in http://computing.net DOS Forum. And there
is always DR-DOS ?
DOS 6.2 can be Booted into even on a XP machine, providing it is
installed before Windows XP. So don't buy an OEM machine, build
your own like I do and get an OEM version of WIN XP when you buy
the hardware for the machine you build. Then you can do what you
want the machine to do and not MICROSOFT or their pals DELL !
The real problem is that Motherboard and Hardware such as PCI
Card manufacturers seem to think that WIN is the only O/S in
the world !
Try to find a PCI Non-Windows-Soft Modem for use in Pure DOS or
LINUX. External COM ports will soon disappear too ? You can not
use an external USB Modem under DOS. Thought about that one ?
It's like the old Supermarket days I once was a store manager in.
To start with they concentrated on what sold fast at a good profit,
KWIK SAVE fashion, ignoring speciality foods such as Ethnic and
other Delicatessen.
They have learned their lessons since. Looks like COMPUTING still
has not !
B.t.W.: Can PB-DOS 3.+ compiled programs run in DR-DOS. I am
starting to talk to CALDERA.
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What it and LINUX can do for DOS remains to be seen !
I remember reading somewhere some time ago that somebody wrote
a "Protected DOS Mode Shell" to run in Windows ? Other than
using F8 or booting into DOS via the Start Menu using MSDOS.SYS.
As I keep saying, DOS ain't dead yet and won't be for some time
to come. Have a look in http://computing.net DOS Forum. And there
is always DR-DOS ?
DOS 6.2 can be Booted into even on a XP machine, providing it is
installed before Windows XP. So don't buy an OEM machine, build
your own like I do and get an OEM version of WIN XP when you buy
the hardware for the machine you build. Then you can do what you
want the machine to do and not MICROSOFT or their pals DELL !
The real problem is that Motherboard and Hardware such as PCI
Card manufacturers seem to think that WIN is the only O/S in
the world !
Try to find a PCI Non-Windows-Soft Modem for use in Pure DOS or
LINUX. External COM ports will soon disappear too ? You can not
use an external USB Modem under DOS. Thought about that one ?
It's like the old Supermarket days I once was a store manager in.
To start with they concentrated on what sold fast at a good profit,
KWIK SAVE fashion, ignoring speciality foods such as Ethnic and
other Delicatessen.
They have learned their lessons since. Looks like COMPUTING still
has not !
B.t.W.: Can PB-DOS 3.+ compiled programs run in DR-DOS. I am
starting to talk to CALDERA.
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