Author: Pete Galati
Date: 02:56:18 04/13/01
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On April 12, 2001 at 13:40:44, Gerald Grimsley wrote: >Hello, I have all the older DOS versions of MCPRO, REBEL, HIARCS, FRITZ, etc. >I'm going to set up a new computer for DOS only. My question is this (I am a >non-computer type). I want to use IBM DOS 5 or 6. Should the above-mentioned >programs work without problems, or should I try to find a MSDOS disk set? >Thanks in advance, >Jerry Dos 6.22 is a LOT better than Dos 5.0. There's just too much that 5.0 is missing. My experince with DR-Dos is that it's better than MS-Dos, but it can be confusing (just a little bit). Like Timothy mentioned, those programs should probably work in Windows95's Dos just fine. You may or may not have to dig up a mouse driver though, because a lot of computers with Windows, don't load up the mouse when you boot up straight into Dos. I had that problem with Windows98 and never found a good fix for it, other than a batch file that would load the mouse driver when I'd boot straight into Dos. But when I'd start the computer into Windows, and from there, restart it into Dos, THEN the mouse driver would allready be loaded, so it would be just fine for Chess programs and editors in Dos. If you're a non-computer type, you might want to find a book about Dos if you plan to spend much time there. Dos For Dummies is a very shallow look at Dos, but in all actuality, Dos is a whole lot easier than that book makes it out to be, basically all the commands do pretty much what they say they'll do, and you have to be rather exact about all the commands you give. It's a piece of cake operating system once you get used to it. Pete
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