10 Aug
1998
10 Aug
'98
8:25 p.m.
Why not just run... What's that DOS program that fakes out apps to make
them think they are running on another version of DOS? I'm drawing a blank
here, but I did use it one time to make Windows 2.03 think it was running
under DOS 3.3 when it was actually running on DOS 6.0. Worked great. The
command is documented in the DOS help file, 5.0 and up, IIRC.
At 01:00 AM 8/11/98 GMT, kyrrin(a)jps.net wrote:
>Anyone got a copy? I'm happy to pay for
it! I need it desperately to
>rescue a customer whose PC2086 and software has died. They are a
>veterinarians, and their drug labelling software only runs on this
>version of DOS (seriously!). I'm rewriting it all, but there's thousand
>of drugs to enter, and until I'm done, they really need their old
>software to run on a spare machine.
>--
>Alun
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Can anyone help this fellow obtain a most ancient
version of DOS?
Please contact him directly if so.
Thanks!
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10 Aug
10 Aug
8:33 p.m.
On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, John Higginbotham wrote:
Why not just run... What's that DOS program that
fakes out apps to make
them think they are running on another version of DOS? I'm drawing a blank
here, but I did use it one time to make Windows 2.03 think it was running
under DOS 3.3 when it was actually running on DOS 6.0. Worked great. The
command is documented in the DOS help file, 5.0 and up, IIRC.
setver - pretty easy really 8-)
But that may not be enough. Between 3.3 and 6.0 had less differences
than 2.11 and 6.0. As stated tho - I am forwarding this on the person
who needs it.
BC
9:05 p.m.
I've run across a couple of industrial controller interface programs
that won't run except on version 2.x...setver won't cut it with them.
One was the programming and diag software for the Lynx Loop Access
Controller for the AEG/Gould/Modicon 884 controller. Obsolete
controller, obsolete module, but still in service in many applications.
The only solution was get a 8088 box (won't run on '286 and better) and
a copy of good old DOS 2.1. that's why I keep a couple of old Compaq
portables around. Never know when you're going to need one at 3am.
James
BTW I still have 2.11 disks for Tandy 1000's and copies of PC DOS 2.0,
2.1 and 3.1, NIB, never had the wrapper broken. If that guy who needed
a copy of DOS 2.x will privately email me I'll look to see if I have a
spare copy with docs....go to stay legal ya' know
Brett wrote:
On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, John Higginbotham wrote:
Why not just run... What's that DOS program
that fakes out apps to make
them think they are running on another version of DOS? I'm drawing a blank
here, but I did use it one time to make Windows 2.03 think it was running
under DOS 3.3 when it was actually running on DOS 6.0. Worked great. The
command is documented in the DOS help file, 5.0 and up, IIRC.
setver - pretty easy really 8-)
But that may not be enough. Between 3.3 and 6.0 had less differences
than 2.11 and 6.0. As stated tho - I am forwarding this on the person
who needs it.
BC 
9:26 p.m.
On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, John Higginbotham wrote:
Why not just run... What's that DOS program that
fakes out apps to make
them think they are running on another version of DOS? I'm drawing a blank
here, but I did use it one time to make Windows 2.03 think it was running
under DOS 3.3 when it was actually running on DOS 6.0. Worked great. The
command is documented in the DOS help file, 5.0 and up, IIRC.
Are you thinking of SETVER perhaps? If so, I didn't know you could use
that to fake programs into thinking you are running a particular version
of DOS.
Well, I just checked the help files in DOS 6.22 and sho'nuff, you can use
SETVER to trick a program into thinking its running under DOS x.yz. First
you must load SETVER in your CONFIG.SYS file, then you use the SETVER
command from the command line to specify the DOS version to report to the
specific program you are running. Neat.
But I don't know if this would solve the original guy's problem. Perhaps
the pill dispensing program does direct calls into DOS 2.11 and bypasses
the BIOS?
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Sam Ismail wrote:
On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, John Higginbotham wrote:
SETVER can make DOS look like a different version at least to a slight degree.
If I remember correctly, it tries to give the program some internals compatible
with the specified version and forces the int calls to report that version as
well. The only problem is, most of the time the reason a program only works
with _one_ and only one version of DOS is that it was designed
incorrectly--usually to take adavantage of something that was broken in that
version.
Programmers, ya can't live with 'em, ya can't shoot 'em.
Why not just run... What's that DOS program
that fakes out apps to make
them think they are running on another version of DOS? I'm drawing a blank
here, but I did use it one time to make Windows 2.03 think it was running
under DOS 3.3 when it was actually running on DOS 6.0. Worked great. The
command is documented in the DOS help file, 5.0 and up, IIRC.
Are you thinking of SETVER perhaps? If so, I didn't know you could use
that to fake programs into thinking you are running a particular version
of DOS.
Well, I just checked the help files in DOS 6.22 and sho'nuff, you can use
SETVER to trick a program into thinking its running under DOS x.yz. First
you must load SETVER in your CONFIG.SYS file, then you use the SETVER
command from the command line to specify the DOS version to report to the
specific program you are running. Neat.
But I don't know if this would solve the original guy's problem. Perhaps
the pill dispensing program does direct calls into DOS 2.11 and bypasses
the BIOS?
Sam Alternate
e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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