I have a large DOS system which I want to play with after a number of years on other things. I am thinking of converting the system to 32 bit with Harbour, then expanding it using Java and Eclipse, then giving it away, as this seems to make money. I am running in XP, but want to dedicate one PC to DOS for the initial steps. I downloaded a DOS 6.22 boot diskette and am happily with the DOS prompt. However the c: command gives me Invalid drive specification. What do I have to do?
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Help!!!
I have a large DOS system which I want to play with after a number of years on other things. I am thinking of converting the system to 32 bit with Harbour, then expanding it using Java and Eclipse, then giving it away, as this seems to make money. I am running in XP, but want to dedicate one PC to DOS for the initial steps. I downloaded a DOS 6.22 boot diskette and am happily with the DOS prompt. However the c: command gives me Invalid drive specification. What do I have to do? |
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Re: Help!!!
Hi-- welcome to PCHF
As far as I know -- XP does not have true DOS capablilty. It is not based on MS-DOS-- like the previous Windows (95 + 98) The command-prompt is a kind of DOS-emulation. This is due to XP's new file-system NTFS. I have seen websites on how to run DOS games in XP: DOSGAMES.com: How to get DOS games to work in Windows XP! hope this helps.
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Re: Help!!!
Building on ih8bills post, go here and get DOSBox.
This will let you run dos based apps games etc., in Win XP or Vista. SourceForge.net: DOSBox DOS Emulator
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