this may sound like a strange question but....

ok I love the command prompt and all and just for kicks i wanted to try the original ms dos os does anyone know where there still might be a copy floating around the web so I can try it?


please and thank you very much to whoever responds with a possible link

(yes i love the oldies to a degree lol)

 

Try here,

http://www.weirdstuff.com/cgi-bin/item/32027

or EBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/MS-DOS-6-0-FULL...869?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a6388ec05

 

thanks but i was hoping for a free version since im pretty sure by now the copywrite protection is way up

 

Sorry red death68, but I can't find anything that isn't a little bit skunky, if you know what I mean.

Maybe 1 of the members of MG has some disks they might be willing to part with.

 

possible id be happy with just a copy of disk contents lol

 

Greetings, red death68.

This might not be the complete OS, but the files listed will give you a taste of what was contained in the Win 95 era DOS:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/135315

 

the online taster is cool tyvm and i have heard of freedos

 

Slightly stripped down maybe?? Not really sure, but these boot disks work and offer most MS-DOS functionality.

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

 

they ill check out the boot disks later

 

If you'd like to be a power user of the command prompt environment and be able to write
amazingly powerful batch files, you should get a copy of 4DOS. :major

What Is 4DOS?

Some download links here:
Wikipedia: 4DOS

Lots of info and resources here:
4DOS.INFO

This should be compatible with FreeDos.

http://www.4dos.info/v4dos.htm

The 'announcement' links are broken.

 

this looks great if i could get a download link to work =( is there a way to intigrate this into windows xp or just into freedos?

 

I have a few versions of dos on floppys. I'd think if I attached them here. MS wouldn't like it. Illegal perhaps. I've used boot disk many years ago and a good sight. Live in the chicagoland area? Think I also have an older 5 or 8 inch floppy drive with disks in my closet. Xp will reconize 32 bit, but won't reconize 16 bit.

 

naw im in pa lol o well im exploreing this 4dos but it wont work on my xp apperently theres compatability issues i need a differnt version but its late here i gotta get some sleep so cant do research right now

 

You can get the files you need from here:
ftp://jpsoft.com/4dos/files

I downloaded 4DOS.COM from that page to check.
It is version 7.50 and it did load properly within a COMMAND.COM window on Windows XP SP3.

Take a look at readme.txt and intro.txt.

Put all of the files in the same directory, like C:\4DOS.

After starting you command window, go to that directory, (cd \4dos), and run 4dos.com.

Once you start 4dos.com, you can run Option.exe to change various environment settings without having to do it manually.

You will have to dig into this and do some reading if you really want to learn how to use it.
That being said, if you WANT to work with a DOS prompt environment, that's part of the fun of it.
It aint no GUI. LOL

Remember, once upon a time, you had to PAY for this!

There are newer products available at JPSoftware, but of course they are not free.

Cheers.

 

ty ill work on that soon