[CQ-Contest] Running DOS apps under Win95

[Scandurra,Anthony]

There is a better way. Win95 provides the ability for one app to
basically take over the machine with its own autoexec.bat and config.sys
configuration. Using the shortcut automatically generated when you first
run CT (or any other DOS program), right click on the icon. Choose
"Properties". Go to the Program tab. Set the program to run in MSDOS
mode exclusively. The boxes allowing you to make a customized session
will then become active. This will require some experimentation. The
machine will reboot itself into DOS mode and run the program. Then, when
you exit, it will reboot again and return to Win95.

Anthony Scandurra - KG2MY
UNIX System Administrator - FileNET Systems
Phone: (302)434-7655
Fax: (302)594-4020
Email: AnthonyScandurra at FirstUSA.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Trey Garlough [SMTP:trey at kkn.net]
> Sent:	Friday, January 16, 1998 1:03 AM
> To:	cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject:	[CQ-Contest] Running DOS apps under Win95
> 
> Here is a super-useful tidbit that KA6LAF gave me about running
> CT/TR/etc under Win95 that I'm filing it away for future reference.
> 
> --Trey
> 
> ----------
> > Say I have a PC running Win95 and I want to run CT on it with it
> > booted in DOS mode.  Is there a config file I can edit that says
> > "under no circumstance are you to ever load Win95"?
> >
> > To wit, it seems like you can edit autoexec.bat to make the machine
> > boot up DOS and run CT, but then when you exit CT it presses ahead
> and
> > starts up Win95.
> 
> 	Yes, actually there is a way to do it...in the root directory is
> a file
> called MSDOS.SYS. In that file is a section called [Options], and
> under that
> section is an entry as follows:
> 
> 	BootGUI=1
> 
> 	Change it to 0 and it should just boot into DOS mode...
> 
> 	-Jeff
> 
> 
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