Re: Potential New User
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Earl wrote:
> Questions and comments sprang from curiosity:
>
> 1. Why not just keep Win98 and boot to DOS when necessary?
> The machine is dedicated to controling the external hardware and for
> security has no connections to anything else. The last straw was when I
> forgot to set the right screen mode before changing to DOS and got crud on
> the screen. I went back to Windows and still had crud on the screen.
> Don't ask why - it was probably something really stupid that I did without
> knowing. It's impossible to use a mouse without a monitor (so much for
> windows) and it isn't easy to type command line instructions, but with
> concentration you can do it.
AFAIK, DOS 6.2 will run Euphoria just fine. You should be able to get a
set of disks from someone's junk drawer, or buy one for a few bucks on E-Bay.
It requires at least a 386 - because Eu runs in 32-bit mode.
After all, Euphoria didn't even _do_ windows until recently.
> 2. Euphoria makes stand alone EXEs.
> Super
Small exe's, to boot. No multi-meg files to transfer.
> 3. EUPHORIA for Linux!
> Never tried Linux. What is DOS32? There's one from Black Magic and
> another from irDOS - at least I think that's the name.
Linux doesn't give direct access to either memory or ports. That's for security
reasons. There are ways around this, but it's more work than using DOS, so
it may not be suitable for your purpose.
Regards,
Irv
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