Re: Pocket DOS

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From: Clinton Fitch III (newsgroups_at_NOSPAMMYTHANKIE.c3-technology.com)
Date: 11/19/04


Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:43:10 -0600

Phuoc,

PocketDOS is gear for 80186 systems so the highest Windows version you could
run would be 3.0. 3.1 requires 80286.

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"Phuoc" <home.getrid@this.huaonline.com> wrote in message 
news:opshjd96i515fjyy@news.individual.de...
> Only for Nostalgia reason  :-)
> Since Win3.1 was running on DOS I was thinking to install it on top of 
> PocketDOS.
>
> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:34:31 -0800, John <johnw_94020@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> It exists.
>>
>> www.pocketdos.com
>>
>> Windows 3.1?  I have no idea.
>>
>>
>> John
>>
>> PS-  If you want a Windows like OS why not just get a handheld PC 2000
>> palmtop?  It runs a OS very similiar to Windows 98 and probabl;y just as
>> powerful or more powerful than Windows 3.1 and 95.
>>
>>
>> In article <opshi2egw115fjyy@news.individual.de>,
>>  Phuoc <home.getrid@this.huaonline.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Interesting, didn't know there's PocketDOS  :-)
>>> Does that mean I can install Win3.1 on PPC?
>>>
>>> Phuoc Can HUA
>>>
>>> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:07:03 -0800, John <johnw_94020@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Both PPC and HPC CE users have available this software. I may have
>>> > mentioned this before but I keep on pondering buying PocketDOS for
>>> > running old DOS apps that I used in my earlier computing days.  Is
>>> there
>>> > a webnsite on the web where I still could get WP51, and the many other
>>> > DOS apps of the 1980's?  I thought that it might be fun to run all
>>> those
>>> > old DOS apps, but I still wonder if I can still get them on the net.
>>> I
>>> > also wrote some creative DOS menu prompt startup batch files that I'd
>>> > love to run again, and cannot on properly on a Windows 95 or later PC
>>> > due to the nature of DOS in these oses.  My Batch file was written on
>>> a
>>> > 3.11 machine in 1998.
>>> >
>>> > If you are a experienced PocketDOS user I'd love to get some advice.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > John
>
>
>
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