Author: F. Huber
Date: 08:25:53 08/22/04
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On August 22, 2004 at 11:15:42, krisnatoon wrote: >On August 22, 2004 at 09:05:19, F. Huber wrote: > >>On August 22, 2004 at 07:44:09, krisnatoon wrote: >> >>>On August 22, 2004 at 07:27:33, F. Huber wrote: >>> >>>>On August 22, 2004 at 06:40:23, Kaj Soderberg wrote: >>>> >>>>>I will buy a new PC within the next few months. As known Windows XP does not >>>>>support DOS so the question arises how to support DOS chess software, such as >>>>>old favorite Rebel programs. I would not want to live without them. I think that >>>>>there was a posting once on this forum about DOS emulation. Hopefully there is a >>>>>program that would not slow down Rebel too much. >>>>> >>>>>Any suggestions? >>>>> >>>>>Greetings, >>>>>Kaj >>>> >>>>Hello Kaj, >>>> >>>>my suggestion would be: >>>> >>>>Simply forget all those DOS ´emulations´ and configure your new system >>>>with dual-boot (i.e. use a boot-manager) - >>>>one option to start your WinXP, and the other to start plain DOS. >>>>That´s certainly the best and most stable way to run DOS programs! >>>> >>>>Best regards, >>>>Franz. >>> >>> >>>And how do you do that?? >>>Anton >> >>Sorry, but I´ve not the time and interest to give here an intoduction >>lecture in installation and configuration of an operating system! >>Establishing a dual-boot system should really be a basic knowledge >>of every serious computer user - >>if this is not the case for you, you´ll find enough information about it >>in the internet, in computer magazines or in the OS manuals. >> >>Regards, >>Franz. > >Ik know how to dual boat with windows, but not with DOS! > >Anton Ok, then simply make one of these partitions a DOS-partition, i.e. install DOS in it. Or install Win98 (SE) in one partition and use its possibility to create a boot-menu in ´CONFIG.SYS´. (I could post the contents of my CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT with such a boot-menu, if wanted ...) Regards, Franz.
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