Marcus L. Rowland wrote:
> 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
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>>> 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 ****ts. 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.
Your wireless mouse may not work though. I was doing a Hard drive test
(Boot to CD) and found while the key board would work I had to connect a
PS to to get a mouse to work,
Nels
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