Hi, A few additional tips: It seems that it's possible to boot Freedos from a USB memory. Check their homepage at www.freedos.org for more details.
For obtaining boot disks for various operating systems including old DOS versions, head over to www.bootdisk.com. Cheers, Tobias On Sun, 11 Nov 2007, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi Ari, > Windows XP does retain the ability to boot to a command only environment > like dos, but I can't think of a way in which a blind XP user can access > the Windows XP boot manager on his or her own to do it. The feature does > still exist in XP and Vista, but the location of where to boot to the > command shell is different from Windows 95 etc. > Just as Windows begins to boot you need to press a key, I think it is > escape, which interupts the Windows boot process and you will be given a > list of options such as: boot Windows in standard mode, boot Windows in > safe mode, boot to a command prompt, boot to a command prompt in safe > mode, etc... > Even if you get passed the boot manager you still need a screen reader > that will work in Windows XP's command line environment. The problem is > drivers. Allot of older dos drivers may not work with XP's command line > interface. > If you truly want to use dos for your text adventures a great > alternative is called Free Dos. It is open source, works like dos, and > runs many older dos programs like Word Perfect 5.1 and drivers. If you > have a boot manager installed to your system and a program like > partition magic you can partition your drive to have XP and Free Dos > share a drive. > The other alternative is to use Linux instead of Free Dos. You can run > many text adventures under Linux really well since it has allot of open > source interpreters. > Hope this helps. > > > ari wrote: >> Hi all, >> A bit of an OT question, but I think an important one for us gamers, as it >> is what I'm having trouble with. When I'm running a text game from the >> command line, I route the JAWS and PC cursors to read the game. I know JAWS >> can read by itself sometimes, but I don't like that because it starts from >> the top of the screen. JAWS with some games though doesn't want to read the >> text in the dos window, sort of rather reading other windows such as the >> desktop, or the jaws window getting in the way, or the taskbar, even when >> the dos window is maximised. I'd like to play my dos text adventures with a >> propper dos screenreader, in a propper dos environment, not sort of using >> JAWS with this command line in the run dialogue box, and JAWS always reading >> right from the top and not reading some stuff properly, and in some games >> not at all because windows stuff gets in the way. If I have Windows XP on >> the PC, is there anyway I can get the dos environment, I remember that >> earlier windows had the option to restart in ms dos, I know XP doesn't have >> that option, but is there a way to do it, I mean, could it be a hidden >> option or something? >> Ari >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
