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| Thread ID: 80610 | 2007-06-29 06:06:00 | Good old DOS | Thomas01 (317) | Press F1 |
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| 564249 | 2007-06-29 06:06:00 | I reckon my next computer (don't let my wife know I'm already thinking along those lines!), will run Vista or something similar. Now I use several DOS based programs for quite silly reasons:- (1) They are extremely reliable (2) They are extremely fast (3) They are minuscule in size. For instance my Family Tree program has about 4 or 5 family trees on it and the whole program plus the families details is easily carried on a 3.5 inch floppy. XP I find has no problems running these programs. But does VISTA? If not then I presume I will be using a computer with about 10 times the hard disk space I need so see no reason why a simple limited DOS program couldn't be run in a partition. Tell me folks what you know about these problems of mine. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 564250 | 2007-06-29 06:20:00 | If you're booting from the floppy to use this family tree, I cant see why it wouldnt work. XP if u use this now or Vista if u get it. Have nothing to do with it. Since you're not using it from within windows are you? It depends if the actual program is on the floppy, (and you're booting from the floppy to get into DOS / the program, or whether the program is on the hdd itself). |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 564251 | 2007-06-29 06:20:00 | set up a virtual pc environment in the computer........you can install whatever o/s you like which will run 'within' your 'host' o/s.......then you can install whatever progams you like in those virtual o/s's | drcspy (146) | ||
| 564252 | 2007-06-29 07:15:00 | Or you could use dosbox which apparently now supports vista, heres the wikipedia entry on it en.wikipedia.org |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 564253 | 2007-06-29 08:52:00 | Or make a small DOS partition and run them. I wondered that about Vista. Can't live without my FAT partitions and DOS. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 564254 | 2007-06-29 10:46:00 | Have used DOSBox running on Linux for my daughter who wants to run Commander Keen in her spare moments (believe it or not). Apart from running a bit slow it is fine (but it is only an AMD850). Haven't used it in Windows but I presume it would be fine. | johnd (85) | ||
| 564255 | 2007-06-30 00:35:00 | It looks as though there are several solutions to my problem (if and when I do get Vista) so I need not worry too much. What I really wanted to know though is:- Can you run DOS programs in Vista like I can in Windows95 98 and XP? With all these operating systems it isn't too difficult to make sure the DOS programs run OK. I think that as HDs are so massive now there really isn't any good reason why even a complete DOS program couldn't be part of Vista. As one of those extras you add if you want. Obvious solution to me - bit too difficult for Bill I suppose. Tom |
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