[CQ-Contest] Adding MS-DOS to a WindowsXP Computer

[w9wi at w9wi.com]

On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 14:09:17 -0500
  "Julio VE3FH" <ve3fh at rac.ca> wrote:
> Is it possible that the ability to run MS-DOS programs 
>from within XP varies
> from one installation and/or version to another? I am 
>asking because I use a
> couple of very old MS-DOS programs under Windows XP Pro 
>SP2 at work with no
> issues
> and both of them access the COM ports.

I *think* I've successfully run Procomm Plus/DOS under 
Windows XP.

The difference, however, is that PC+ uses the COM ports 
the way they were intended.  Handshaking leads were used 
only for handshaking, not for trying to send Morse.

==
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View, TN EM66