[ct-user] MORE: Why fight? Use real DOS.

[Richard & Martha Wilder]

I got zapped by the three listed under Cc above.  Yes, you are correct,
Win uses FAT32 and DOS uses FAT16.  I forgot to mention my bypass of 
that.  Two computers have only DOS6.22 with FAT16.  The third computer
has two C: drives, one FAT16 and one FAT32.  How the hell do I run
two C: drives?  I have a toggle switch labeled WIN/DOS which applies
DC to the drive I wish to use.  The auto configuration of the hard
drive figures out what to do....that's above me.

The second drive was 200M pull-out that was being upgraded. It was free.
But, if you buy a new drive for DOS, it can be the smallest you can
find because DOS is not a hog.  OK, so the new drive may cost $100, 
or so.  But, you won't have the Windows frustrations and you'll sleep
better.

73, Dick, K3DI
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  Dick's lifetime address is k3di@arrl.net


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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 16:00:32 -0400 (EDT)

I keep reading about the troubles with trying to run CT in Windows or
Wondows-DOS.  I understand CT is made for DOS (except one Win version
which I haven't tried) so why fight with Windows?  I'm not smart 
enough to solve the Windows problem so I've always used MS-DOS.
Why not do the following?
  Be sure your setup looks to A: and then C: for boot.
  Prepare a floppy that boots DOS 
     DOS 3.1 is fine though the 1994 version (6.22) is the latest.
     Include a text editor and few other files needed at boot.
     Setting up the CONFIG' and AUTOEXEC' files will take some time.
  Make directories:
     C:\DOS into which you put all of your DOS files
     C:\CT into which you have all CT stuff
     Probably set path in AUTOEXEC.BAT to only see C:\DOS & C:\CT.
  Put floppy into the A: drive, turn on the power, and you're
  running happy with DOS.

You've discarded your old DOS manual. Shame!  But, you may find
another manual at an used book sale for a buck, or so.  Don't
sweat that it is for a different version of DOS than you are
running.  The commands that you need in the CONFIG.SYS and 
AUTOEXEC.BAT files will probably be the same.

I only use DOS-6.22 on three computers in the shack.   We use
Windows98 on two other computers for the web.  Though, we boot 
the Win98 computers on a DOS floppy to do our email. 

73, Dick, K3DI
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  Dick's lifetime address is k3di@arrl.net



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