torch - 2024-03-04 3:58 AM
WallyB110 - 2024-03-03 5:02 PM
WAit ! I got it !!!! YES !!!!! THank you for all your help and patience and sorry im posting like a mad man. I think i have it now. I created the C: partition. Formatted it. Ran setup. It sees the C:. Now its installing ! WOOT WOOT !
OK im at the part where it says to type
COPY A:\DOS\*.* C:\DOS
at the C: prompt
But for some reason none of my / or \ keys work. Is this because its the evaluation version ? Once i unlock it, the access to these keys will start ? Im just not sure what im doing wrong here.
Also can i see this C: drive in Windows CE ? Im just curious if i need dsk image files to load software ? Or can i copy and paste stuff in Windows to my C: drive ? I dont see it in Windows tho. So im taking a guess no.
Edit
I downloaded tetris disk img. I ran it and it runs, slow but it runs. Now im in search of some older games to try. I tried Oregon Trail but the version i found was for Windows. But i successfully got a DOS program working !!!!!!!!!!
But the / and \ keys dont work in DOS. Must be because i dont have it unlocked yet ? Im not sure.
functionality should be identical between trial and licensed versions other than that time delay on the trial. So your slash issue would be the “same” as the full version. I’m not exactly sure what’s going on there
Games will be slow if they’re too new. You need to find games that only use a 8086,186, or 286 real mode processor only.
The websites should show you what the game will requirements are.
This isn’t scientific but I’m guessing most games before 1992 or so should work depending on how intensive they are
Yeah im not trying to play graphic intensive games by any means. Simple games to pass the time, like Oregon Trail haha. :-
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Yeah i have NO idea why the / dont work. They did work with PocketDOS evaluation version of ROMDOS 6.22U. But i installed msDOS 6.22 and created the partition and it installed perfectly once i found out what i was doing wrong. But when it got to the DOS prompt in the installed
(newly
) 6.22, i can type a /. Its not my keyboard. Im curious if theres one more trick im missing to get the keyboard to work fully ?
Either way its ok. I can still load dsk imgs easy enough with out the / but obviously there are certain commands that require the backslash ya know. So im kinda limited. But im just happy to be able to load software thats outside of just CE as it feels very limited. Plus i get to go backwards in time, i love getting back into DOS. I grew up and learned on DOS machines. But im very rusty same with Basic. I feel like Ozzy ! Cant remember stuff.
