DOS ain't dead

VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) (DOSX)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 27.08.2007, 01:39

> > He's probably just busy or (less likely) it worked perfectly in
> > FreeDOS an he's too busy having fun to respond
>
> I just quit using VP386. It does cause a general protection fault
> when selecting "Info" from the top menu and some unrecoverable
> fault when attempting to start with an options file . Maybe later
> DOSes have better fault handlers, having been designed to work with
> Windows.

You know you can dual-boot DOSes, right? (See MetaKern). This way, you're able to use, say, FreeDOS and Datalight ROM-DOS (free for private use) or whatever.

If you don't mind shareware, try Pixel.

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Complete thread:

• VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - Rugxulo, 22.07.2007, 00:50 (DOSX)
  • VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - rr, 22.07.2007, 21:27
    • VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - DOS386, 23.07.2007, 02:38
      • VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - rr, 23.07.2007, 09:21
    • VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - Rugxulo, 25.07.2007, 01:16
      • VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - jassenna, 27.08.2007, 01:27
        • VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - Rugxulo, 27.08.2007, 01:39
          • VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - roberto, 27.08.2007, 13:40
            • VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - rr, 27.08.2007, 17:47
        • VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) BUG hunting - DOS386, 29.08.2007, 15:34
          • VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) BUG hunting - rr, 29.08.2007, 21:42
            • VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) BUG hunting - Rugxulo, 30.08.2007, 03:28
          • VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) BUG hunting - jassenna, 06.09.2007, 06:14