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How to enter MS-DOS??
This said, I find a far better way then to use Run / CMD is to right click
the old Dos .EXE program and create a shortcut (PIF , program information file) and drag it to your desk top. Right clicking the desktop shortcut, then properties allows you to set many special parameters required for your Dos application. For instance , click program / advanced and you can enter a link to a special autoexec and, or config file required for your program.. This way you can have special setup files for many old programs, provided they use Dos Int calls instead of writing directly to the display memory or ports which game designers used at that time to speed things up. But then who wants to run old Dos Games??? I am running XP PRO and was pleasantly surprised how well this works in XP. For instance to be backward compatible with hundreds of old orcad electronic schematics, I run Orcad 4.14 a year 1991 program , it runs flawless and at hyper speed on a 2.4 gig P4. Same for 1993 written PLC programming and monitor program. One added bonus with XP, if your dos program, gerates an exeption error, XP asks you to close the program, but your system does not require a reboot. JTK to run your old dos program . "Nicholas" wrote in message ... Since Windows XP is not based on MS-DOS, you cannot enter into it. To use MS-DOS emulation, go to Start Run and type: CMD , and hit your enter key. -- Nicholas ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- "Philippe Borel [Switzerland]" wrote in message: ... | Hi there, | Just wondering if it's possible to | enter the DOS-Mode with XP... | Thanks for your valid reply! | Philippe Borel |
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