still using dos and windows 3.1

[thelordglen]

Is there still any people out there who like windows 3x and Dos ??

I have a emulated version of it using virtual pc and loving it

who else is still running it and what are the computers specs??

[Platypus]

I have two OEM licenced Win3.11/DOS6.2 packages, which are liable to be on any 486 that's going. There's a DX4-120 at the moment, but I don't really have anything to use it for except some occasional DOS programming maintenance.

I don't feel like I'm fully in control of a computer unless I'm at a DOS prompt. Windows systems do things when you're not looking...

[thelordglen]

got that rite lol

[Allthumbs]

I am using an Epson Equity II+ with DOS v.3.3. It has a clock speed of 10 MHz, but then with DOS, that's all the speed you need. I still prefer DOS to windows...no crashes, pure logic, a clean operating system, very programmable, etc.

Allthumbs

[Dexahol]

While I have Win 3.11 and WfWG 3.11, I seldom use either. On the other hand, I use DOS 6.22 as much as Win98SE just because its fun! There are great programs to do almost anything with DOS

MPXPLAY for playing music.
SEA or PICTVIEW for viewing graphics.
MPEG for watching mpg's.
NeoPaint paint program.

Fun utilities like Norton Commander and Utilities.

Arachne web browser.

The list goes on. And the most important thing of all, its the only OS I know of, that when you want to turn it off, you just hit the power switch. Even Linux can't do that!

BTW - I run DOS on a Intel 233MMX AN430TX MB w/ 128 mb RAM and 2.1 GB HD, sound ballster 16 SC.

Dex

[Platypus]

Originally posted by Allthumbs
an Epson Equity II+ with DOS v.3.3.

3.3 was a lovely OS, lean'n'mean...

[Platypus]

Seen this?

http://www.bgdf.com/darkehorse/Proje...ds/index.shtml

[Dexahol]

hey Platypus, this looked interesting, but I'm having a problem with it. First, there's a bit of a mistake on his homepage about using it. He fails to mention that you have to unzip the file first. What through me off for awhile, was that WinImage opened the file even while it was zipped, which made it look like everything was working fine, but I kept getting a "Disk not supported error".
Anyway, I figured out that problem but now have another. WinImage seems to be working ok, but after the disk formats, it says something like "Track 0, head 0, error" or something similiar.

The floppy works fine in Windows hoever. I'll have to play around with this some more and see if I can get it to work.

Dex

[hillbilly32]

I have v3.1, but do not have it installed, but do use dos with win98se I use xcopy to copy my doc.files and disc to disc. Right now I am having trouble trying to copy my dbx files from outlook express using xcopy. I can do it one file at a time, but I want to make a shortcut where all I have to do is click on it. Any of you dos users know how to do it. Also my address book. I think it may have something to do with long filenames. Thanks for any help. Bill

[hillbilly32]

I guess there is not anybody out there that knows how to use xcopy to copy your outlook files and address book to a cd with all the files on it. Maybe I didn't make it clear what I am trying to do.
Bill

[Eeyore]

Xcopy works pretty much like copy. When you say copying "outlook files and address book to a cd", that seems a little confusing. If it is a Direct-Cd or In-cd formatted disk, you would treat it like any other drive. A batch file, called from the menu or an Icon should copy the files, long filenames and all.

If you are writing to an Iso CD, the program must copy the files to the CD. There is an issue with the length of the filename. That can lose part of the filename when writing the CD. I have gotten around that by packing the file(s) with PKZIP then writing that file to the CD.

Nero Burning has various options that allow longer filenames. So I don't know what problem you are running into.

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[hillbilly32]

I am writing to a Direct cd and leaving it so I can add to it when I want. I can get the email to my cd by saving it to the cd, but I was wanting a batch file that would copy all the files from one command. Thanks Bill

[Eeyore]

The default path is:

C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Identities\{xxx}\Microsoft\Outlook Express>

Variable cryptic name which is never the same with each installation.

The DOS path would read:

c:\WINDOWS\applic~1\identi~1\{xxx~1}\micros~1\outloo~1

If you are trying to backup the entire path, you would include it in Quotes as:

XCOPY /e "C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Identities\{xxx}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\*.*" D:\

where D:\ is the CDROM drive. That would copy the files to the current D: drive.

Or you could have the batch make the path:

md d:\windows
md "d:\windows\Application Data"
md "d:\windows\Application Data\Identities"
XCOPY /e "C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Identities\*.*" "d:\windows\Application Data\Identities\"

Note that Quotes are used when a Long Filename is used.

This would duplicate what you have on your C: drive. Add switches to overwrite etc.

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[hillbilly32]

Thanks for the help, but I am still having trouble. I did use the command (XCOPY /e "C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Identities\{xxx}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\*.*" D:\---to copy all the folders, but if I delete all the items out of a folder in outlook express and try to reenter it from the cd I can't do it. I don't if it copied all the items in each folder or just copy the folder names. I guess you think I am stupid and I may be overlooking something. I have tried changing the program that opens it but nothing will work besides MSMIN, which takes you back into you outlook express and the folders are there but nothing is in them.
I have copied them back into the Application Data, Outlook Express folder. This may all sound silly, but I know I am missing something.
Bill

[Eeyore]

First off, I hope you replaced the "{xxx}" with the actual characters in the filename. If you ran:
XCOPY /e "C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Identities\*.*"
and destined it to a valid path such as:
"d:\windows\Application Data\Identities\"
it should have copied the files. Using these lets you skip that long jibberish name I substituted with xxx. If you copied and pasted the last example I gave (substituting the correct drive letter of the CDROM) into a batch file, it should have copied the files. You would have to return them to C drive to run the program, because that is where it is programmed to look for them.

Hope you didn't lose them.

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