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Re: Running an old DOS program

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On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 09:06:13 -0800 (PST), Industrial One
<industrial_one@hotmail.com> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>So I download DOS 7.1, then what? Do I have to install this on a thumb
>drive to boot from it, and then do I cd to the directory with the
>program I wanna run?
>
>The program is not a game, btw. It's an emulator that runs ROMs
>(games).

You could boot DOS from a USB drive or CD, and then create a RAM disk
via a line in autoxec.bat. If your app requires TEMP space, then SET
the TEMP directory to your RAM disk. Otherwise, if your app writes to
some other directory on the disc, then copy your app to your RAM drive
and launch it from there instead. All this could be done automatically
via appropriate lines in autoexec.bat.

If you could be more specific, perhaps one of us could expand on this
for you.

BTW, how much disc space does your DOS app occupy and how much RAM
does it require?

- Franc Zabkar
-- 
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

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  Re: Running an old DOS program Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2012-03-08 08:39 -0700
  Re: Running an old DOS program Industrial One <industrial_one@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-08 09:06 -0800
    Re: Running an old DOS program Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2012-03-08 10:32 -0700
    Re: Running an old DOS program Lostgallifreyan <no-one@nowhere.net> - 2012-03-08 17:44 -0600
    Re: Running an old DOS program Franc Zabkar <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> - 2012-03-09 13:36 +1100
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        Re: Running an old DOS program Lostgallifreyan <no-one@nowhere.net> - 2012-03-09 11:32 -0600
        Re: Running an old DOS program Franc Zabkar <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> - 2012-03-14 09:10 +1100
        Re: Running an old DOS program Rugxulo <rugxulo@gmail.com> - 2012-03-30 14:37 -0700
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  Re: Running an old DOS program Lostgallifreyan <no-one@nowhere.net> - 2012-03-08 17:33 -0600
    Re: Running an old DOS program dg1261 <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com> - 2012-03-10 01:23 +0000
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                Re: Running an old DOS program Lostgallifreyan <no-one@nowhere.net> - 2012-03-11 08:46 -0500
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                Re: Running an old DOS program Lostgallifreyan <no-one@nowhere.net> - 2012-03-11 10:06 -0500
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                Re: Running an old DOS program Lostgallifreyan <no-one@nowhere.net> - 2012-03-11 20:59 -0500
                Re: Running an old DOS program Industrial One <industrial_one@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-11 19:33 -0700
                Re: Running an old DOS program Lostgallifreyan <no-one@nowhere.net> - 2012-03-11 22:06 -0500
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                Re: Running an old DOS program Industrial One <industrial_one@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-12 20:44 -0700
                Re: Running an old DOS program "Hot-Text" <hot-text@mynews.ath.cx> - 2012-03-14 03:25 -0500
                Re: Running an old DOS program Industrial One <industrial_one@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-11 23:02 -0700
                Re: Running an old DOS program Rugxulo <rugxulo@gmail.com> - 2012-03-30 14:40 -0700

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