[Coco] Off-Topic MSDOS Emulation

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Before ‎using an emulator try running the program using Windows command line.   Click 'start' then type CMD. Right click on the CMD and choose RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR

You can also install Win 95 or 98 onto a portable harddrive since both will let you boot into MSDOS.  These were the last version of Windows that would allow you to dual boot into true MS-DOS





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From: Steve Ostrom
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 9:37 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
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Subject: Re: [Coco] Off-Topic MSDOS Emulation


Sorry for the off-topic question, but I’m fairly sure someone on the list might have an opinion.

My father-in-law died a year ago.  He was using my very old Windows computer to run an MSDOS based genealogy program.  That computer is no longer functional, but I removed both IDE hard drives, and was able to copy all the genealogy data and program to my Win 10 computer using a USB adapter.  Since 64-bit Win 10 does not run DOS based programs, I was looking at 2 emulators, vDOS and DOSBOX.  Most comments I’ve read about DOSBOX deal with running old DOS-based games.  vDOS seems to be made more for other applications, but I can’t see why either would have a problem running this DOS genealogy program.

Do any of you have any experience using either program?  I’d appreciate any comments before I spend a lot of time learning to use one or the other.

Thanks!

--- Steve Ostrom ---


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