On 4 Apr 2003 at 0:44, howard schwartz wrote: >A while ago a friend gave me a brand spanking new/used beginning Pentium >running at a fast 1Mhz (I think PCs are now running at 2Ghz), to replace >my beloved old 486. This Pentium did not work, but I recovered the >partition with a few dos tools, and discovered a working copy of >Windows 95. After that I wondered why my interest in puttering on my >survpc dropped. It became clear the winblows experience was shutting down >another minor enjoyment in my life. > >Well I only use winblows for looking at websites that are undecipherable >without a browser that understands Java, javascript, frames, shows >pictures that contain the text, etc. etc. > >However, at this point windows 95 can probably be considered survpc >software. And win 9x still gives one a decent change to runs some dos >things (of course there is dosemu etc. etc.). > >I became interested in seeing how much dos I could make my win 95 give to >me, so I could still run the dos CLI, and pop up to win for the occasional >browse. > >I took a while to learn how to make my favorite dos directory changer >(ACD), pop me up a chosen window (using the start command). I found some >small (!) windows programs written in assembler, and became interested in >making dos programs do the equivalent windows things (e.g., find a file). >Generally this means using a `dos box', since it takes too long to go from >so called dos (real) mode up to windows. > >Any favorite tips about maximizing the functionality of dos boxes, >intermixing dos and windows programs ?
I've found in many cases, the DOS window which can be opened under Windows can have some trouble running some DOS programs. One way to work around is to turn on the computer, then press and release the F8 key a couple of times, just before the Windows splash screen loads. This will get you a "Startup Menu" under both Win95 and Win98, from which you can choose various options, including "Command prompt only". Very handy. The most convienient way I've found under Windows for accessing DOS applications is to create shortcuts under the Start menu, then tweak the Properties of the DOS window the program is to run in. Anthony J. Albert =========================================================== Anthony J. Albert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems and Software Support Specialist Postmaster Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle "English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar." To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
