2 Responses to “Help! I need an old version of DOS!”

1. admin says:

   June 20 at 9:28 pm

   On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 21:36:00 -0800, "news.lvcablemodem.com"
   

   <cruss…@vegasnet.net> wrote:
   >I would like to know if there is an old version of dos, specifically version
   >3.20, that will run on an NEC (?) V30. Would that version be the same as the
   >one for, say, and Intel 8086 chip? I need to know where to find v3.20 for a
   >V30 ASAP for an Epson Laptop. Also, are there any good DOS-based text
   >editors that can print? Thank you in advance.

   The Semware people still have a good DOS editor.. they can be found at
   http://www.semware.com/

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2. admin says:

   June 20 at 9:28 pm

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    ne> From: "news.lvcablemodem.com" <cruss…@vegasnet.net>

    ne> I would like to know if there is an old version of dos, specifically
    ne> version 3.20, that will run on an NEC (?) V30. Would that version be
    ne> the same as the one for, say, and Intel 8086 chip? I need to know
    ne> where to find v3.20 for a V30 ASAP for an Epson Laptop. Also, are
    ne> there any good DOS-based text editors that can print? Thank you in
    ne> advance.

   Any version of MS-DOS, PC-DOS or DR-DOS that will run on a *286* will
   run on a V30.

   From a *hardware* point of view the V30 is a drop in replacement for an
   8086.

   From a software point of view, it’s an 80186 with a few extra
   instructions. In essence, it’s a 286 with no protected mode and no
   ability to address RAM past the 1 meg mark.

   Since the *only* use *any* version of DOS makes of protected mode is to
   access RAM above the 1 meg mark, just about any version of DOS can be
   used on a V30.

   But that Epson may have special features only available with the
   drivers that came with its original dos.

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