The ms-dos 7,10 that comes with 2 diskettes or a cd-rom is something based on Weniger's 'china-dos' project. There was also a proggie that would replicate ChinaDOS using your own Windows 98SE/ME disks.
The bulk of the stuff is freeware, although there are various bits from PC-DOS and DL-DOS, and some bits detangled from their copyright readmes.
What is interesting about this version of DOS is that the author did all sorts of interesting things, like change strings in seven files (like IO-SYS and command.com), and showed how to configure the Win9x setup to run more than one version of Windows 9x (or 3.x).
It also had pointers to things like long file name support, NLS code pages, etc.
The update proggie consisted of about three or four zips, that allow you to roll your own DOS from your Win9x installation (it does not modify it).
On the other hand, i used a different set of files to make the OLDMSDOS files actually work under any of the DOS 7.0/7.1/8.0 without complaining about version numbers.
He constructed a version of MS-DOS extracted from the Chinese version of Windows 98 FE (code page 936). The interesting thing is that it is well configured for running under the way that normal pre win9x dos used to be done.
It is also interesting that it is configured to run versions of Windows 9x up to the release version (ie 98, 98OSR2, 98).
The kit contains a large portion of MS-DOS, with odds and ends added from assorted freeware. The DOS Shell is from the version 7 beta, and like the version 7 beta, differs only in saying version 7 rather than version 6.
The balance of the kit consists of bits of PC-DOS 7.0, DL-DOS, and an interesting assortment of freeware.
It's worth to have in the collection if only for the rather brilliant implementations of DOS, Windows 3.x and Windows 9x.
There was a download freeware package, that you run on your own version of Windows 98/ME that produced the appropriate version of DOS 7.1 or 8, in complete Weniger style, but using your own version of DOS.
Slight correction. I put a link to your NT 3.51. You sent me an e-mail. I took down the link.
I did have my NT 3.1, 3.5, 3.51 CDs before I came accross your site; but I understand your feeling. People often take the text I scanned and posted on my site and take credit for it; on two occasion some low-life copied my index.html and posted it on his site as if it was his work, but using my server.
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the amount of idiots you find on the web these days.
So what exactly was the *point* of reviving this thread?
The bulk of the stuff is freeware, although there are various bits from PC-DOS and DL-DOS, and some bits detangled from their copyright readmes.
What is interesting about this version of DOS is that the author did all sorts of interesting things, like change strings in seven files (like IO-SYS and command.com), and showed how to configure the Win9x setup to run more than one version of Windows 9x (or 3.x).
It also had pointers to things like long file name support, NLS code pages, etc.
The update proggie consisted of about three or four zips, that allow you to roll your own DOS from your Win9x installation (it does not modify it).
On the other hand, i used a different set of files to make the OLDMSDOS files actually work under any of the DOS 7.0/7.1/8.0 without complaining about version numbers.
-Q
He constructed a version of MS-DOS extracted from the Chinese version of Windows 98 FE (code page 936). The interesting thing is that it is well configured for running under the way that normal pre win9x dos used to be done.
It is also interesting that it is configured to run versions of Windows 9x up to the release version (ie 98, 98OSR2, 98).
The kit contains a large portion of MS-DOS, with odds and ends added from assorted freeware. The DOS Shell is from the version 7 beta, and like the version 7 beta, differs only in saying version 7 rather than version 6.
The balance of the kit consists of bits of PC-DOS 7.0, DL-DOS, and an interesting assortment of freeware.
It's worth to have in the collection if only for the rather brilliant implementations of DOS, Windows 3.x and Windows 9x.
There was a download freeware package, that you run on your own version of Windows 98/ME that produced the appropriate version of DOS 7.1 or 8, in complete Weniger style, but using your own version of DOS.
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-Q
Slight correction. I put a link to your NT 3.51. You sent me an e-mail. I took down the link.
I did have my NT 3.1, 3.5, 3.51 CDs before I came accross your site; but I understand your feeling. People often take the text I scanned and posted on my site and take credit for it; on two occasion some low-life copied my index.html and posted it on his site as if it was his work, but using my server.
The ware page is not a looker, somewhat painful on the eye. The best I could come up with on a short notice :-) (no one ever visits it anyway)
Anyway, if I remember right, the previous version of the site looked a little different.
And I haven't seen old SCO stuff ANYWHERE, either.
-Q
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