Issues in running MS-DOS or MS-DOS/V on modern REAL machine
This topic is about the obsolete 16-bit operating system "MS-DOS" and its Japanese version for PC/AT machine "MS-DOS/V".
Anyone wants to run these in modern real PC? Let's discuss about it.
First of all, I post a question about MS-DOS/V.
As PC/AT machine doesn't have a Kanji ROM, MS-DOS/V uses a certain driver to display Japanese letters like this:
DEVICE=JDISP.SYS
However, drivers of Japanese uses much conventional memory. When I loaded all the drivers, MSIME, and some TSRs (such as DOSKEY, MOUSE, or MSCDEX), the free space of the conventional memory was only 300 kilobytes!
I couldn't run HELP...
So, it is vital to load drivers and TSRs into upper memory. So I uses HIMEM and EMM386.
In real machine, EMM386 makes a problem. The good settings which was available both in my machine and in VirtualBox is following:
DEVICE=C:\MS-DOS\EMM386.EXE V HIGHSCAN I=B000-B7FF I=C900-E1FF I=E300-EFFF FRAME=D000
However, I'm faced by other problem: DOS hung up when loading JDISP.SYS
Loading in DEVICE or DEVICEHIGH, choosing the option /HS=ON,LC,or OFF, and EMM386 failed or passed, didn't matter.
Whenever EMM386 line is in CONFIG.SYS file, JDISP makes the ploblem.
My machine spec is following:
Model: Lenovo Thinkpad T60
HDD:80GB, MS-DOS is in the first 2GB partition.
RAM:3GB
CPU:CoreDuo T2400 @ 1.83GHz
Anyone have solutions or ideas??
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Comments
Why do you want to run MS-DOS? Use FreeDOS instead, it is much less of a hassle to set-up and use.
Is there Japanese/Kanji version of FreeDOS?
I don't recommend to use MS-DOS/V on modern PC directly.
The best way is to use PC emulator (PCEM / 86box)