DOS ain't dead

Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 (Users)

posted by tom , Germany (West), 19.01.2016, 18:41
(edited by tom on 19.01.2016, 18:53)

> > I would seriously recommend the 'DOS' environment of Windows XP or Windos
> 7
> > 32-bit.
> >
> > It should run all your old DOS programs
>
> Uh, not so much. It might run "some" (but even less on anything after XP),
> but saying "all" is promising WAY too much. Seriously, I'd be depressed if
> I saw how incompatible it was nowadays (if I didn't already know). We're
> lucky anything still works (in Windows).

I'm very much aware that many programs (low level) won't work with Windows.

However, reading his request, "That way I'm hoping I could multi-task between my favorite DOS programs: a text editor called TSE, a database called FYI and, of course, that old workhorse of a file manager, XTree.", should work pretty well with Windows, and even multitask.

I don't see any alternative solution to his whishes, inparticular virtual machines don't help to multi-task.

DOSemu on Linux might also work, but I never used it.
And I doubt a real Noob would be able to install linux+DOSemu.

edit: DOSBox should also work on newer Windows

Complete thread:

• Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - CluelessInSeattl, 17.01.2016, 21:13 (Users)
  • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - Laaca, 17.01.2016, 22:40
    • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - Rugxulo, 17.01.2016, 23:41
      • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - RayeR, 18.01.2016, 14:08
  • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - tom, 19.01.2016, 13:09
    • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - Rugxulo, 19.01.2016, 14:48
      • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - tom, 19.01.2016, 18:41
        • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - marcov, 20.01.2016, 10:57
          • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - Rugxulo, 21.01.2016, 08:03
            • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - RayeR, 21.01.2016, 23:34
              • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - Rugxulo, 22.01.2016, 01:58
                • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - RayeR, 26.01.2016, 19:04
  • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - ron, 19.01.2016, 23:13