Re: Help I lost it

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., wanliker@a... wrote:

> Recently someone either posted or sent me the procedure to lock
> WINDOWS in the DOS mode when using it, so that WINDOWS could not
> interfere with DOS.
> I have looked but somehow I lost it. Would that person or someone
> please send me the information again. I thought I saved it, but it
> is not there.

Wouldn't it be easiest to start the computer in DOS mode? Then there
is not even a copy of Windows running, so no other application can
steal time from your CAM program. Note: this is NOT the same a
opening a DOS box.

The procedure is slightly different between Windows 95 & 98. I
suspect that Millennium uses the 98 method. I don't know about 2000
or NT.

Start (or restart) your computer. AS SOON as your see the "Starting
Windows" prompt press F8 in 95 or CTRL in 98. You usually have 2
seconds to press that key, so pay close attention. The "Boot Menu"
is then presented. Choose "Command prompt only".

Of course then you have to know your DOS Change Directory (CD
directory_name) command to move to where your cad program is stored.
Then type the name of the program.

That 2 second thing is often a problem. Instead of waiting for
the "Starting Windows" prompt, you might hold down the appropriate
key as soon as the BIOS information screen is shown. In 95 your
machine may start beeping - ignore it.

Hope that helps.

Ian