Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos for IBM PCDOS 3.30 software
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 > because it’s attached to a metal analyzer that uses a software that > exists only for PCDOS 3.30. So you intend to install FreeDOS to a different, probably newer, type of machine and then transfer the metal analyzer software? How is the PC attached to the analyzer? A normal serial port? A special I/O card? > Does this type of software run on FreeDOS 1.2? Is it possibile to get > the full compatibility? All I can say is: "Probably. You have to try." It depends on how clean the metal analyzer software was coded. If the programmers used some "dirty tricks", that only work on this particular DOS or PS2 machine, then it will probably very hard or even impossible. Cheers, Robert -- +++ BTTR Software +++ Home page: https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead: https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos for IBM PCDOS 3.30 software
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 PCDOS 3.30 OEM. We still have this machine because it’s attached to a metal analyzer that uses a software that exists only for PCDOS 3.30. Does this type of software run on FreeDOS 1.2? Is it possibile to get the full compatibility? Thanks! There should be no problem running that kind of software on FreeDOS. The only thing where there might be some compatibility issues might be with the included memory managers, but those came into play only after DOS 3.30 came out, so you should be perfectly fine. Ralf -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos for IBM PCDOS 3.30 software
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, currently running > IBM PCDOS 3.30 OEM. We still have this machine because it’s attached to a > metal analyzer that uses a software that exists only for PCDOS 3.30. > > Does this type of software run on FreeDOS 1.2? Is it possibile to get the > full compatibility? PCDOS was simply IBM's branded version of MSDOS. I used PCDOS and MSDOS back when, and saw *no* differences in what software would run under them. Your metal analyzer was specifically released for IBM PCs running PCDOS, but I don't see a reason why it won't run on another DOS flavor. FreeDOS tries to be 100% MSDOS compatible, so your PCDOS software ought to run on it. Set up FreeDOS on the spare PC and try it. If it works, you are in good shape. If it doesn't work, tell us where it fails. DOS shouldn't be your problem. Reproducing the environment in which the metal analyzer runs (like loading drivers needed to talk to peripherals that do the analysis) sounds like the tricky part. > Thanks! > Mattia Limonta (Italy) __ Dennis ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
