Question. What Is Newest DOS? What Does It Support?

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FreeDOS the Open Source DOS is still actuve and many improvements are under development. It supports FAT32 partitions and work is in progress for a 32 bit version. Take a look at

http://www.freedos.org/

Not sure of the status of Windows 3.1 on FreeDOS (granted, this is a DOS forum), but should that be an issue, the newest "commercial" version of DOS would be PC-DOS 2000 (from IBM). Though there's no support, it still should be available from some sites, and I'm sure there was a link here somewhere to a legitimate download of it from IBM. A search past postings should turn it up...

http://www.drdosprojects.de/

i've switched to Linux!

Isnt MS-DOS 7.10 new?

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There are loads of Disk Operating Systems about. When you say DOS, do you mean newest clone of MS-DOS? You have a choice of

FreeDOS (version 1.x)
Windows ME (DOS 9?)
DR DOS (version 7.x)

FreeDOS has the most goodies including compilers, games and DOS extenders.

DOS 7.10 is not a true DOS system as it is an unofficial subsystem cut away from the Windows environment and not compliant with legal issues.

IBM PC-DOS
FreeDOS
DR-DOS
PTS-DOS (http://www.phystechsoft.com/)

are real clone descendants from the original MS operating system.

MS-DOS v7.10a is not new but it's the one i trust,
MS-DOS v8 from Win ME is too difficult to use.

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Salutations,

Michel Samson
a/s Bicéphale

Oh!

And it's perfectly legitimate to ignore W98
to concentrate on MS-DOS v7.10a only!

The 'Config.SYS', 'AutoExec.BAT' and
'Boot.INI' files are freely accessible, they
happen to allow this specific purpose...

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Salutations,

Michel Samson
a/s Bicéphale

I want to use 7.10 but i Cannot find a good add-on floppy image

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There is a PC-DOS 7.1 that has been compiled several times, and also Datalight's DL-DOS 6.22/7.10. It appears these are moribound.

Freedos is an opensource dos still being actively developed, although this DOS is bit "optimised".

The dream you dream alone is only a dream,
The dream we dream together is reality.

Is there anywhere to download a ripped out version of MS-DOS 8.0?

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DOS 8 exists in Windows ME. A hacked version is produced by Windows XP "format as a DOS diskette" as 8.03. Most of the utilities are straight copies of 7.10, with the version number changed from 7.10 to 8,00.

In either case, DOS 7 and 8 from Microsoft are about phasing out DOS support, while still supplying some DOS functionality. It's pretty much a compromise, but if you need to support advanced modern hardware and old DOS programs in a native boot, then either try MS-DOS 7.10,2222 (from win98se), or some non-microsoft DOS.

The dream you dream alone is only a dream,
The dream we dream together is reality.

I dont have a floppy drive so can you make a floppy of MS-DOS 8.0.3 if you have Windows XP and copy it to a ZIP file and email it to me at spongecell@inbox.com

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Check your inbox.

I used it in virtual machine and in real life and the disk you gave me did not work.

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The image I gave you booted fine inside my VirtualPC 2004. I never release anything without testing it before.

Just you have to replace in autoexec.bat the keyb command from it, keybrd2 with keyb us and the appropriate keyboard layout offered (there are four).

The image and source floppy are indeed operative.

Cand you do that thing in that last post and email it to me?

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Maybe I can do what you ask even if my keyboard has an italian layout (obviously), but here the key points are

- What do you want to achieve with that bootable DOS diskette?

- Are you enough skilled to master DOS environment (commands, drivers, configuration files)?

DOS 8.0 from Windows ME is the worst choice to build a DOS environment as the raw floppy by XP lacks all the external commands that make the system useful.

Better to use DOS 7.1 from Windowws 9X or FreeDOS. To go that route however (and DOS 8.0 lane too) you ned to have a strong and good knowledge of DOS fundamentals as to trust in someone's tips doesn't suffice at all.

If you want a MSDOS 7.10a (that's Microsoft-DOS) stand alone machine, see;

http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboa...

or a "cleaned up" version of my above input;

http://www.d-a-l.com/articles/libra...

(Sorry it's kind of "scrunched up" but the site has just undergone a total revamp. Still working on issues.....)

It's a good day when you learn something

Ive got almost all of MS-DOS 7.10a. All I need is a dang working Add-On Disk!

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And I know alot about MS-DOS itself and all sorts of MS-DOS and other DOS stuff. Its just I sometimes cant find what I need on the World Wide Web

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