> The comment that a pick and place machine designed around MS-DOS 6.22
> and Windows 9x/ME is a funny machine is a little disingenuous.
> Freedos didn't exist in a useable form back then and Windows 9x/ME in
> it's day was dominant.
I surely didn't want to insult your amazing machine; sorry.
I still wonder why you don't port the control software to newer
versions of Windows (should this be necessary)
> Does Microsoft
> Scandisk for Windows 98se work on freedos?
no. no MSDOS utility runs on top of anything else.
there is code similar to
if (GetOSVersion() != 6.22)
printf("wrong operating system");
exit(1);
in all utilities.
> I'm hopeful too that we can use at least Windows 2000 on the gui.
> There is no direct replacement for Windows 98/ME. These systems are
> very resource hungry and only moderately stable.
yes. there was a reason they went out of business.
Tom
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