Thread: Aren't you wearied of Windows XP?
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Old January 6th 21, 11:49 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
JJ[_14_]
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Default Aren't you wearied of Windows XP?
On Tue, 05 Jan 2021 09:59:29 -0500, wrote:

DOSBOX doesn't seem to support all of the PROMPT tricks I used in DOS
6.3. (redefining keyboard keys etc)

Yes, it doesn't support all of MS-DOS features. DosBox is just an emulator
for the DOS environment. If you want full MS-DOS features, you'll have to
use DosBox to boot an MS-DOS image. IOTW, actual MS-DOS software is
required.

It does seem to support the direct access in dBase that Windows has
choked on since XP.

In NT3/NT4/XP, you'll have to properly configure the CONFIG.NT specifically
for dBase.

If I really want to walk down memory lane I do have a 1g FAT16
partition on one of my drives that will boot into real DOS. That looks
like the machine on my desk when I retired in 1996 with W/3.1
available if I want to look at my old Prodigy notes ;-)

You can make an image of that drive, then boot it from DosBox.

Keep in mind tough, DosBox is designed for games only. It won't work for
some utility softwares which involves hardware components (e.g. motherboard
chipset, storage/network controller, etc.), because DosBox is not a 100%
accurate emulator. DosBox is a pretty good emulator, but it's not 100%
accurate.

For a 100% accurate old PCs emulator, use PCem. It's similar to VirtualBox,
but for old hardwares. It's like a combination of VirtualBox and DosBox. It
can emulate from the first PC 4.77MHz to late 2000 PCs. Intel, AMD, Cyrix,
or IDT (WinChip) CPUs. It'll be like using an old PC. Even the BIOS.
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