newbeee Q (DOS)

[Dazeagle]

can we run DOS programs under win2k?

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[beerman]

diffacult question to answer properly. some you can run under windows 2000, while others you cannot. you just have to run them if they don't work then you know your answer...

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[Dazeagle]

thanks beerman,
but why some programs just don't work? there must some reason !!!

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[beerman]

ok i will try to give you the simplest answer possible, beyond just because they don't work... hehe... ok now you know true dos mode had it own working enviroment. 16bit memory processes. well when they emulate dos whether it be in windows 95 -&gt; xp. the problem is that once the fixed a problem for this type programming, other problems arose. that is why in windows xp the dos promt for a dos box is so customizable. hey tried thier best to make real mode dos work in windows, doesn't always work. also, there are problems with old programs that will not work with dpmi what so ever... (dpmi) programming term dealing with memory state and way things are handled in memory. next some programs had compiler problems, if something were made on a 133mhz machine wouldn't work on anything over 200mhz, mostly that dealt with borland language. still others had some problems but to long of a list to go into. also you got to keep in mind if you are running a dos game windows can no way ever truly emulate dos sound drivers correctly... what i have said above only merely scratches the possibility of what could be the problem with your dos program trying to run under windows 2000. also remmber windows 200 was meant as a business class os not gamming nor dos originally.

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i don't complain. i just tweak until my arms
fall off.... tweakability is the code name of windows.
if it 1st down work. tweak it out until it does.

[Dazeagle]

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[Orcie]

I'm dealing with the same problem. I'm working in the ICT department of a school. We have some old educational software which was made to run under DOS. I went looking for a solution to run these programs under Windows 2000 and got dos-emulators as an answer. I tried DOSbox and Dodge, both looked promising but didn't start the programs as it should be.

Does someone know another DOS emulator to run these programs under Windows 2000? Maybe they'll work then.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[beerman]

ok i was messing with a dos program. having similar problems possibly as you both. what solved it was to create a shortcut to the executable... then right click on the shortcut created goto properties... look for the tab that says MEMORY. if everything is set on auto. set them to thier maximum number. then goto the tab that says PROGRAM. when you get there change the line with the lable CMD LINE: to this exactly. %comspec% it has to have the dollar signs at the beginning and at the end of the comspec word for it to work properly. now move to the next line with the lable of WORKING: and delete that entire line... now hit apply and suggested to change the name of the shortcut to the label of dos. now copy that shortcut to any directory that you wish to run a certain do program and try to run it now. it may work... hope this helps..

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i don't complain. i just tweak until my arms
fall off.... tweakability is the code name of windows.
if it 1st down work. tweak it out until it does.

[BertImmenschuh]

" %comspec% it has to have the dollar signs at the beginning and at the end "
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Dollar signs???$

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[beerman]

percentage signs %comspec% sorry..

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i don't complain. i just tweak until my arms
fall off.... tweakability is the code name of windows.
if it 1st down work. tweak it out until it does.