Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] windows or dos based NC software

CL wrote:

> Art wrote:
>
> >Dos is going the way of the dinosaur very soon. (Can you still buy
> >it?)
> >
> I don't think you can, not the original anyhow. I wonder how the Ah-Ha
> versions run under the DOS variants..... I know for a fact it was pretty
> touchy when using the MS DOS.
>

DOS can still be purchased, it's just not paying stores to carry it becuase it's dead stock.
I subecribe to MSDN Operating Systems and it still has DOS included on the quarterly CD.
I'm sure most people already know this:
If you don't need all the DOS external commands/utilities and just want a stable DOS to run a CNC program,
running DOS 7.0 supplied by Windows 98 is a very stable version of the DOS OS.
Anyone wanting to boot a Windows 98 system to DOS can do so by selecting the correct options in the control
panel, or setting Boot GUI to 0 in the MSDOS.SYS using notedpad like editor.
If anyone wants more info on how to do this, send me an email directly.

Once at the DOS command, line if you need to run Windows simply type the command win

Hans W