I got my Dos ver 6. disks recovered. And I got my old Windows 95 disks recovered.
No data storage is forever.
I'm trhing to run a legacy CAD package that wants native DOS and won't run on 98 or XP.
I have a separate HD on which I loaded DOS. OK it works fine. It's a stand alone DOS run HD so I avoid all the Dual Boot issues between XP and DOS.
Then I loaded the CAD package.
Everything loads without a hitch except that when I run the CAD package The software's screen has an echo from the native dos prompt on the screen overwriting the CAD software's screen and all of the interactive functions radio buttons for the software package are missing.
Does this sound like the Video card is the problem?
I'm on the verge of reformatting the drive and starting over.
Another weird issue appeared:
I loaded Win 95 trying to overcome that above issue (Win 95 has native DOS and will run my CAD package VIA the command prompt).
I was getting an error that the Config or Autoexec files were interfering I tried Step by step loading in safe mode nothing seemed wrong. But it wouldn't get Win 95 up.
So I went in from a boot floppy and renamed those two files to eliminate 'em from the boot process for 95.
Now after the files were renamed (using the REN command) they are gone - poof - disappeared. Can't find 'em.
I can't find 'em in native DOS and when I slave that Hard Drive to an XP HD and look at it I can't find 'em and I can't find the CAD software Directory.
I can't find the directory. Yet when I type the batch file I made to boot it, it boots. I get the flawed screen as described.
Have I stepped of into the twilight zone~?
No data storage is forever.
I'm trhing to run a legacy CAD package that wants native DOS and won't run on 98 or XP.
I have a separate HD on which I loaded DOS. OK it works fine. It's a stand alone DOS run HD so I avoid all the Dual Boot issues between XP and DOS.
Then I loaded the CAD package.
Everything loads without a hitch except that when I run the CAD package The software's screen has an echo from the native dos prompt on the screen overwriting the CAD software's screen and all of the interactive functions radio buttons for the software package are missing.
Does this sound like the Video card is the problem?
I'm on the verge of reformatting the drive and starting over.
Another weird issue appeared:
I loaded Win 95 trying to overcome that above issue (Win 95 has native DOS and will run my CAD package VIA the command prompt).
I was getting an error that the Config or Autoexec files were interfering I tried Step by step loading in safe mode nothing seemed wrong. But it wouldn't get Win 95 up.
So I went in from a boot floppy and renamed those two files to eliminate 'em from the boot process for 95.
Now after the files were renamed (using the REN command) they are gone - poof - disappeared. Can't find 'em.
I can't find 'em in native DOS and when I slave that Hard Drive to an XP HD and look at it I can't find 'em and I can't find the CAD software Directory.
I can't find the directory. Yet when I type the batch file I made to boot it, it boots. I get the flawed screen as described.
Have I stepped of into the twilight zone~?
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Re: Legacy
Fri, January 4, 2008 - 9:24 AMYou know something, there is a reason why Microsoft does not support the win 95 series anymore.
What are you using win95 and 98 for?
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Re: Legacy
Fri, January 4, 2008 - 12:14 PMCADKEY ver 7. It's a full throttle CAD drafting package that operates in infinite space, on 3 dimensions, in about 20 decimal places, with hundreds of layers, and limitless part file storage capacity.
To get the same functionality today you need to pay about $3 - 4-Grand.
And the learning curve on any of them is more than a few years.
Pro-E was famous for a Seven year learning curve.
Unfortunately no DOS emulator can run it and MS operating systems have diverged from native DOS as a kernel because of the 640 K threshold and the cheapness of not bothering to write elegant code.
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Re: Legacy
Mon, January 7, 2008 - 11:29 AMBrok it all down - again - Fdisk, boot, Format yadda yadd
Load DOS Great. Load the Cad Package. Still the screen issues arise.
Loaded Win95 no issues during load and setup
But on boot I get an error message that tells me to either:
1.) lose some TSRs ( I haven't got any)
2.) change the Config.sys file
3.) change the Autoexec.bat file
Both files are DOS standard.
I was going to use an old Diamond Monster Card with some older drivers ( it used to run on Win95) but I gotta have Win95 up first or the driver's won't load.
Maybe an older Genoa Systems Video card will work in native Dos.
This version of DOS is mine with license So too the Win95 They have each run and the Win 95 has in the past run just fine when loaded ontop of the native DOS.
The difference was that was all on an older A-Bit Mainboard and this is an Asus AS7333.
I'm stumped.
