Re: Basic question

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"Jim" <jimcs71@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Is it possible to install DOS 6.xx on a slave hard drive? I would like to
make a partition on a second (slave) drive to use with BASIC programs that
have accessory commands built in.



Though you could install Dos6x on a fat16 partition
either with a boot manager or else just booting to is with a floppy...
You can run "command" in XP to give you a virtual dos.

NOTE: Some basic programs rely on CPU timing loops
so will may not run on your new machine with a fast CPU.

I was able to get some qbasic stuff to work after I modified the timing
loop.


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