So, is there any way I can get DOS 6.2 ? I mean it must be free now, no ? Do any of you think there's a possibility to get my comp ( see specs ) running so that I can play games like EF2000 ? Cheers Fred
MS-DOS retails for about a $100 still. However, there is FreeDOS, among others, that work similar to MS-DOS, however require more work to get running, and may not work with everything you need.
Heres an easy way to do it: Obtain either a windows 95 or 98 install disk, do a dual boot with 9x and xp (what your running now, right?). Then when you want to play a game in dos, switch to 9x, then go to start -> shut down -> restart in DOS. Or you may be able to get away with running it in a windows environment (sp?). I've done this before, and it works no problem. DOS is bundled allong with 9x/ME, and actualy installs before windows does.
I used to have a windows95b CD but I can't find it. Neither can I find my Win98SE CD ... the only things I have here are WinME, Win2000pro and WinXP HE. Would what is suggested above also work with WinME ? It just appeared to me that I can forget DOS because me little idiot has a SATA HD and there are no DOS SATA drivers ... Cheers Fred
Yes, that would work as well, to answer your now theorectical question. Windows ME is built on the 9x series engine. Although if your really interested in getting a DOS I'd look into Free-DOS (or the otehr cariants) see if they can run what you want, as they may support SATA, as they are more current OSes.
I can't see any mention of SATA here on the DOS versions page, but the MSDOS 7 in 95+ supports FAT32 (bigger drives). Plenty of links to the freeware versions.
