kolderman wrote on 2021-10-15, 01:59:
I think there are a bunch of programs missing from 7 by default? Maybe memory management stuff?
DOS7 is not intended to be a stand-alone OS, just the layer beneath Win95, but you can make it so if you want.
Gmlb256 wrote on 2021-10-15, 02:08:HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE are included on a normal Windows 9x installation. Some of the missing programs can be grabbed from the […]
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kolderman wrote on 2021-10-15, 01:59:
I think there are a bunch of programs missing from 7 by default? Maybe memory management stuff?
HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE are included on a normal Windows 9x installation. Some of the missing programs can be grabbed from the OLDMSDOS directory from the Windows CD.
DOS7 is not intended to be a stand-alone OS, just the layer beneath Win95, but you can make it so if you want.
True, but most of the issues are mainly centered around DOS version check on some utilities and in the case of FAT32 partitions: direct disk access (the program supporting this requires FAT32 support) and lack of FCBS support.
At least for Windows 3.x one could try the following: Making Windows 3.11 work in DOS7.10 (patches inside), but I don't recommend that and prefer sticking to the Windows 9x GUI instead.
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That sums it up pretty well, IMHO.
MS-DOS 7.x was often used as a MS-DOS 6.2x alternative in the 1990s.
People often dedicated books to DOS 7, without focusing on Windows 9x.
Tinkerers and video game fans often used DOS 7 for their hobby, also.
The arcade/emulator scene (primarily on DOS till the mid-2000s) even sort of embraced it or supported things like long file names.
- Without breaking DOS 5/6 compatibility, of course.
But FAT32 was required for serious working, anyway, so DOS 7 made sense.
The hardware of the time was past than what DOS 6.22 could fully take advantage of, anyway.
CPUs of several hundred MHz, HDDs larger than 10 gigs, 16/24/48/64/96 MB of RAM, VBE 3 gfx cards with 8MB and up..
By comparison, MS-DOS 6.2x was released when 386/486 PCs with 40MHz, 120MB HDD, 4MB RAM, 512K VGA were still sold as lower end machines.
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