Super DOS

johpower · Post by **johpower** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 9:28 pm

Have you got a Super DOS? Have you considered using or building a DOS beyond MS-DOS 6.22?

I suggest any DOS is Super DOS:

If it's capible of 32-bit work and/or

Uses 32-bit disk partitions and/or

Was built by replacing older versions of the OS with newer ones like those buried inside Windows (called MS- DOS 7 by some) or

You are using DR/PC DOS 7 or better.

Give your results!! How well is it working? What doesn't work?

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Unknown_K · Post by **Unknown_K** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 10:43 pm

Whoever purchased DR-DOS is working on a new advanced version I beleive. DOS is still used as a stable embedded OS from my understanding.

Dos that works with fat32 formatted drives and can have larger then 2gb partitions would be nice (So I can cram more games on my dos pc's).

Kazer0 · Post by **Kazer0** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 10:38 pm

6.22 all the way ;-)

Thats all ive ever used, never more, never less.

486 player · Post by **486 player** » Wed Jan 15, 2003 5:09 am

If Start up menu autoexec.bat ain´t included 6.2 doesn't make difference.

webmaster from hell · Post by **webmaster from hell** » Wed Jan 15, 2003 6:19 am

I use MS-DOS 6.22

Bobo · Post by **Bobo** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 8:49 pm

How do you go about updating?

Kazer0 · Post by **Kazer0** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 11:48 pm

Its like windows. Instead of having one cd, they heve 2. OS and Upgrade Edition. It gay, it doesnt make sense.

You need to get the upgrade disks. The cant get OS 6.22, it is only an updarte editon. i reccommend downloading it off the web somewhere. i wont put a link cuz itll be gone in like 2 seconds.

Da_Goat · Post by **Da_Goat** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 11:50 pm

Peeee-Emmmm!

Kazer0 · Post by **Kazer0** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 11:52 pm

what?

Kazer0 · Post by **Kazer0** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 11:54 pm

what?

486 player · Post by **486 player** » Sat Jan 18, 2003 7:28 am

Private mail

(Not a freeware?)

Thunderdog · Post by **Thunderdog** » Sat Jan 18, 2003 7:44 pm

Has double posting become the new trend here?

Post by **Dogbreath** » Sat Jan 18, 2003 9:28 pm

I'm afraid so.

Thunderdog · Post by **Thunderdog** » Sat Jan 18, 2003 10:21 pm

zz8 and WFH both become DOSgames legends...

nastypoisonspikes · Post by **nastypoisonspikes** » Sun Jan 19, 2003 3:20 am

evil legends

Thunderdog · Post by **Thunderdog** » Sun Jan 19, 2003 9:44 am

I dont really care what version of DOS I use. The only times I even use it, are when I'm re-formatting a drive, or Re-installing windows.

Kazer0 · Post by **Kazer0** » Sun Jan 19, 2003 2:26 pm

i dont knoe why it doubleposted. i only posted it once and only hit the submit button once. By the time i noticed, i couldnt delete it as the X was gone.

johpower · Post by **johpower** » Sat Jan 25, 2003 6:57 pm

I've come acrossed a new ver of DOS called FreeDOS. Supposedly not x-DR/PC-DOS code. See freedos.org and see what you think.

johpower · Post by **johpower** » Sat Jan 25, 2003 7:25 pm

Bobo wrote:How do you go about updating?

Hi, first, what DOS are you starting with? What version do you wish to get to? If you want to get from say MS-DOS 5 to 6.22 it's just a matter of getting the disks.

If you want a SuperDOS (maybe a term like SrDOS or "Zardoz" might be a good nom d'plume

), you can get copies of PC-DOS 7 or 2000 and they should update you. If you want to cobble your own, MAKE A NEW BOOT DISK ON YOUR CURRENT OS AND TEST IT

. Then make sure you have a complete back up of the present OS and any updates you've previously done. As a final precaution, backup your hard drive (always a good idea monthly at least anyway).When that's done start a Windoze machine and dig down into the Windows directory (95c or 98se would be my starting point) using the "find" for any DOS OS file you want to update. Copy it and exchange it for the one in your present DOS ..... saving your old version of course. Probubly the most important one to copy and try out is "setver.exe" and it better be in your "config.sys" if you want old DOS progs to get along with your new files ..... especially "command.com".

After making a change it's experimentation time. Does everything work as it did? Better/ same/ worse/ crash? Run "mem /c/p" before and after the change. Are all programs still loading properly? Do you have to use a "memmaker" session to load it right again?

See how complicated it gets? I've tried this a few times

. If you have cobbled your own DOS, my hat's off to you.

procerus · Post by **procerus** » Tue Feb 11, 2003 12:25 pm

Hi johpower,

I'm intrigued by "newer" versions of DOS but I always end up asking myself why I mainly use DOS in the first place. And the answer is to run old PC games. To get maximum compatibility with those games it is necessary to try to replicate the environment they were written for (and in) as closely as possible. For these purposes Microsoft's DOS versions will always be superior.

Additionally I use Arachne sometimes. Once again MS-DOS 6.22 is a safe choice since the code is extensively tested with it.

I mean I like newer operating systems and the features they gift us. I have Windows XP installed on this multi-boot box. But I never use it since, for the games I play, Windows 98 is a better platform. And I suspect if I installed a newer DOS too, I would end up just using MS-DOS 6.22 for similar reasons.

Best wishes to a fellow DOS user.

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