I would be tempted to install windows xp, which I believe this laptop shipped with, then install virtual pc, (the version before Microsoft bought it) and run the various dos/Windows 3.1 machines in a virtual environment.
Or install linux and find a virtual pc solution for that. Dos and win 3.1 don't need a lot of resources and should run fine virtually. On Wed, 1 Mar 2023, 17:57 usul, <usul.the.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > So I was digging through my old "stuff" and found some of my old cds and > my Dell Latitude D520 laptop. And I got all nostalgic . I got my start with > a 486 DX 8 mgs of Ram. > I mostly did Visual Basic 3.0 programming to start after I > finished college. VBA/ MS Access then to Dot Net. I can read C / C++ but > never really did anything with it. > So I thought it would be cool to mess around with it again > > So I plan to multiboot on the laptop > Linux > Dos 6.22 / Windows 3.11 > and FreeDos > Is there an 'Order that this would need to be done in? Any Recommendations? > > I found on those old cds copies of > desQview/X 2.1 and XAppeal (and if they could port it I might be able to) > and DragonLinux which runs on UMSDOS so install on the same partition. > Borland C++ 3.0, so much other fun stuff. > > Anyway I am having some problems, and I really don't remember my > autoexec.bat/config.sys stuff anymore but I remember getting all the dos > and stuff loaded to high memory or something like that. > This is my fconfig.sys that I found in one of the FREEDOS folders..,. > > ****************************************************************************************** > SET DOSDIR=C:\FREEDOS > !BUFFERS=20 > !FILES=40 > !MENUCOLOR=7,0 > > MENUDEFAULT=4,5 > MENU 1 - Load FreeDOS with JEMMEX, no EMS (most UMBs), max RAM free > MENU 2 - Load FreeDOS with JEMMEX (more compatible) > MENU 3 - Load FreeDOS with JEMM386 (Expanded Memory) > MENU 4 - Load FreeDOS low with some drivers (Safe Mode) > MENU 5 - Load FreeDOS without drivers (Emergency Mode) > > 123?DOS=HIGH > 123?DOS=UMB > 123?DOSDATA=UMB > > 1?DEVICE=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\JEMMEX.EXE NOEMS X=TEST I=TEST NOVME NOINVLPG > 2?DEVICE=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\JEMMEX.EXE NOEMS X=TEST NOVME NOINVLPG > 34?DEVICE=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\HIMEMX.EXE > 3?DEVICE=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\JEMM386.EXE X=TEST NOVME NOINVLPG > > 12?SHELLHIGH=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FREEDOS\BIN /E:1024 > /P=C:\FDAUTO.BAT > 345?SHELL=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FREEDOS\BIN /E:1024 > /P=C:\FDAUTO.BAT > > > ****************************************************************************************** > > The only options that seem to work are 4 & 5. . Where can I get all the > info to relearn all of that? Is there a website / documentation or an old > dos book I can buy that would still be relevant to FreeDos. It sees all of > the memory on the laptop 4gigs just > > I have not tried anything that needs 32 bit protected mode. but > eventually once I get it figured out I will need it to do stuff in djgpp. > So I think I need to get this all working. Mouse , CDROM all worked out of > the box that was amazing. > > I'm not really good with mailing lists, too much overload. LOL Do we have > a Discord server or something along those lines? Web based forum etc. If > not, I'll re-adapt. > > Any direction / sites / books :) > > Thanks a bunch and this is awesome btw. > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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