Re: Woody on 486 problem
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On 02/16/07 14:45, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 02/15/07 22:20, Mike McCarty wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>>>> But you can't be using it just for MS-DOS; what's the point of
>>>> having 16MB RAM if all yo do is run non-extended DOS?
>>>
>>> I have 16MB of RAM because that's the minimum configuration
>>> for that machine when I bought it. And, actually, I have
>>> used some of the extended RAM on occasion, with a disassembler
>>> (Sourcer) I used to run. I haven't run that in a long time,
>>> though.
>>
>> Why not install Linux and dosemu?
>
> On a machine with 16MB? It fills a need I have as is.
It would let you run multiple DOS sessions.
OS/2 is also a *definite* option.
> Why run a giant bloated OS just to run MSDOS, when I
DSL and Slackware aren't that large, are they? Especially with a
2.4 kernel.
> can run MSDOS as-is? Or do you mean on another computer?
> I use Fedora on this machine, and I do have DOSEMU and
> FREEDOS installed on it.
Fedora?
Be gone, spawn of the Evil One!!!!
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