on 5/28/03 10:39 PM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have softwindows1.0 68k 8 disks with the last image containing a bad > header. :( Any help out there? > Made with a quadra in mind. Also have softwindows 2 which appears to > move to ppc.
I was also thinking of my old Quadra for use with Softwindows. I wonder if the DOS image for the 68K and PPC are the same. The last disk on the PPC version is simply part of the Drive image and might be the same as the 68k version. > I posted a web archieve links 2 weeks ago which still has the working > file, do a bit of work and get it yourself > http://web.archive.org/web/20011216023334/http://www.pcsetup2x.com/products/pr > oducts.html#pcsetup211beta I had missed that link from earlier. Always nice to see the older items still available. >> I had downloaded PC Setup 2.1.7 not long back and was not aware it had >> dropped from site. I will burn it to CD and send a copy to the address you >> list. It is pretty small. A 1.4 meg installer for the Mac, a 1.5 meg DOS >> harddrive file with the Windows stuff and a 152K pdf manual. Unless you are >> using OS 8.6 or OS 9 on the Mac, V2.1.7 really adds nothing to the software >> on the Apple site. That is probably not technically correct, but for >> practical purposes it is true. If you are interested only in DOS on the PC >> cards, be aware that 2.1.7 has less DOS support than 1.6 from Apple. When >> running DOS programs from Windows, the DOS clip board is gone and with 2.1.7 >> installed one can not start in DOS mode. >> > > 2.1.7 runs on operating systems that 1.6.4 does not, I think that makes > it a valuble piece of software, I've not found any problems running the > dos 6.22 image. The 1.6.4 clipboard is used with 2.1.7, you install > 2.1.7 over the top which is why its not a huge program. Thanks for the > info William, we must use the dos cards differently as I haven't > experienced the problems you mention. I will have to go back and do some more checking on DOS with 2.1.7 for I have not been able to get it to work as a stand alone. I have only had DOS working within Windows. With 1.6.4 one can copy text on the Mac side, switch to the PC side and paste the text into a DOS application. The reverse is true as well you can copy DOS text and paste it into a Mac application. I have not been able to get that to work either. Perhaps it is just part of more general DOS trouble. When one bangs away on this stuff working alone, it is easy to assume that the problem is simply part of the software. Now that I hear DOS works as a stand alone OS with the PC card and 2.1.7 I will go back and give the problem some more effort. I am not very familiar with Windows. I use DOS and the emulators in much the same way that many people use games. It is really just recreation. The Mac OS and Windows OS are productivity systems and for me I am sure either would be fine, but I chose the Mac a long time back and have not found any reason to learn a new system. I started with computers on a CBM 8032 (Commodore). Early on not only were computers productive but comprehensible. Mac and Windows are very productive systems, but for myself their operation has moved into the realm of magic. I find it a nice diversion to play with the internals of the old command driven OS even if its relevance seems to have passed. bill -- \/\/i||[EMAIL PROTECTED] ()\/e -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac-N-DOS list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
