In message <maju05LJqdwHFwyP@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Robert Sneddon
<fred@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>In message <8WdbV2OMdLwHFww6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Marcus L. Rowland
><forgottenfutures@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>
>>If you're looking for DOS you're probably not going to have much luck -
>>there are no modern PCs I know of that can be made to run any version
>>of DOS without Windows behind the scenes doing things like memory
>>management.
>
> Nope, DOS will run natively on new systems if you install it or boot
>from floppy. You won't get access to more than 640k of RAM and you'll
>not be able to use things like some PCI bus cards or USB ports. A PCI-E
>video card will default to 80-character monochrome until you can get
>640x480 VGA emulation mode running after DOS wakes up.
>
> A modern PC runs GWBASIC programs *really* fast, I find.
Thanks, that's interesting - not actually terribly useful, given that
pretty much everything released for DOS 4-5 needed extended or expanded
memory, but might be worth trying with Gem applications some time.
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