Re: [Freedos-user] R: Freedos for IBM PCDOS 3.30 software

2020-04-27 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Mattia, I would be generally optimistic: You can still get mainboards with DOS compatible parallel printer port and FreeDOS should be okay for running PC DOS 3.30 based apps. Also, keyboard, mouse and VGA graphics should still be supported by the BIOS of modern PC, with some luck even the

Re: [Freedos-user] R: Freedos for IBM PCDOS 3.30 software

2020-04-27 Thread Ralf Quint
On 4/27/2020 12:10 PM, Mattia Limonta wrote: Thanks everyone for the replies! Looks like the analyzer is attached to the 24pin parallel port of the PS2. The newer pc I would run FreeDOS on has a x86 AMD Sempron and a parallel port on the motherboard (Still have to look up compatibility, but

[Freedos-user] R: Freedos for IBM PCDOS 3.30 software

2020-04-27 Thread Mattia Limonta
Thanks everyone for the replies! Looks like the analyzer is attached to the 24pin parallel port of the PS2. The newer pc I would run FreeDOS on has a x86 AMD Sempron and a parallel port on the motherboard (Still have to look up compatibility, but I guess that can be solved with some PCI card).

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos for IBM PCDOS 3.30 software

2020-04-27 Thread Robert Riebisch
Hi Mattia, > I am a new user of the FreeDOS world, and I have a question. I would > like to install FreeDOS 1.2 on an old PC that we have at work because > we have to create a backup system for our 1987 IBM Personal System 2, > currently running IBM PCDOS 3.30 OEM. We still have this machine >

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos for IBM PCDOS 3.30 software

2020-04-27 Thread Ralf Quint
On 4/27/2020 10:48 AM, Mattia Limonta wrote: Good evening. I am a new user of the FreeDOS world, and I have a question. I would like to install FreeDOS 1.2 on an old PC that we have at work because we have to create a backup system for our 1987 IBM Personal System 2, currently running IBM

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos for IBM PCDOS 3.30 software

2020-04-27 Thread dmccunney
On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 1:49 PM Mattia Limonta wrote: > > Good evening. > > I am a new user of the FreeDOS world, and I have a question. I would like to > install FreeDOS 1.2 on an old PC that we have at work because we have to > create a backup system for our 1987 IBM Personal System 2,

[Freedos-user] Freedos for IBM PCDOS 3.30 software

2020-04-27 Thread Mattia Limonta
Good evening. I am a new user of the FreeDOS world, and I have a question. I would like to install FreeDOS 1.2 on an old PC that we have at work because we have to create a backup system for our 1987 IBM Personal System 2, currently running IBM PCDOS 3.30 OEM. We still have this machine because