In message <_-GdnaVDAcgOpl_anZ2dnUVZ_vPinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Nels
Satterlund <NelsS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>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
-
>>>> 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
>>
>
>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
I still use the PS2 type sockets for my mouse and keyboard - saves USB
****ts for other things.
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