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system commander

6 posts by 6 people · 14 Dec 1996 - 20 Dec 1996

P P Smal 14 Dec 1996#348388
Does anyone use this so they can play sims in dos and run Win 95 for other programs?? Thinking about buying it just wanted to get some feed back. Thx PP
> Does anyone use this so they can play sims in dos and run Win 95 for > other programs?? Thinking about buying it just wanted to get some feed > back. Thx PP Hi, I heard it works great, auto-checks for existing OS's and sees when a new OS is has been installed. But I don't use it myself. What I'm using is the Win95 multi-boot. For this you must have the following DOS-file's: COMMAND.COM wich will be called COMMAND.DOS when you're in Win95. AUTOEXEC.BAT wich will be called AUTOEXEC.DOS when you're in Win95. CONFIG.SYS wich will be called CONFIG.DOS when you're in Win95. MSDOS.SYS wich will be called MSDOS.DOS when you're in Win95. In the Win95 MSDOS.SYS (while in Windows, otherwise it's the one from DOS) change the [Options] section to : BootMulti=1 BootGUI=1 Network=1 (This will already be there, if you have a network-card) Bootmenu=1 Bootme***fault=1 (or 7 or 8 to make DOS the default, as I have :-) ) Bootme***lay=30 (seconds : 1=min., but keep it over 5 and 30=max.) Since MSDOS.SYS is by default a read-only systemfile you will have to change this to be able to change it's contents. When you're in DOS the Win95-file's will have the following names : COMMAND.COM (the Win95 one) will be called COMMAND.W40 AUTZOEXEC.BAT ( " ) will be called AUTOEXEC.W40 CONFIG.SYS ( " ) will be called CONFIG.W40 MSDOS.SYS ( " ) will be called MSDOS.W40 -- *************************************************************** * If you decide not to choose, you still have made a choice. * * [link lost in import] * * Windows :-( .....brings you yesterdays speed today * * .....the choice of a brainwashed generation * ***************************************************************
M. HA 15 Dec 1996#348607
: Does anyone use this so they can play sims in dos and run Win 95 for : other programs?? Thinking about buying it just wanted to get some feed : back. Thx PP Yes, I use it. Being an anti-windows person I had to have it when I got my new computer. System Commander allows you to have several operating systems to choose from on your computer. You choose which one to boot when you turn your machine on. It will only boot one operating system at a time though. So if you want to run N2 on say DOS 6.22 (the last real DOS operating system before the crappy windows DOS came out I think) you cannot run any windows stuff. If you want to do what you suggest then you're stuck with the conventional DOS window out of windows95. I would recommend System Commander to anyone who wants the choice of operating systems on their computer. It has performed flawlesly since I installed it, and allows me to completely stay away from that icky windose95 when I want to. Matt
JC Spee 16 Dec 1996#348849
After installing System Commander - Then you can install DOS 6.22 ???? - In the past, you could never DOWNGRADE DOS !!! Thanks for your feedback.. Emailed answer would be better for me, if possible.. Thanks -- http://www.netusa1.net/~carroll/nascar2.htm E-mail me for Cheap, maybe, even free Image Scanning! http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/3744/ > : Does anyone use this so they can play sims in dos and run Win 95 for > : other programs?? Thinking about buying it just wanted to get some feed > : back. Thx PP > Yes, I use it. Being an anti-windows person I had to have it when I got my > new computer. System Commander allows you to have several operating > systems to choose from on your computer. You choose which one to boot when > you turn your machine on. It will only boot one operating system at a time > though. So if you want to run N2 on say DOS 6.22 (the last real DOS > operating system before the crappy windows DOS came out I think) you > cannot run any windows stuff. If you want to do what you suggest then > you're stuck with the conventional DOS window out of windows95. > I would recommend System Commander to anyone who wants the choice of > operating systems on their computer. It has performed flawlesly since I > installed it, and allows me to completely stay away from that icky > windose95 when I want to. > Matt
And 17 Dec 1996#349030
Quoted text (19 lines)>: Does anyone use this so they can play sims in dos and run Win 95 for >: other programs?? Thinking about buying it just wanted to get some feed >: back. Thx PP >Yes, I use it. Being an anti-windows person I had to have it when I got my >new computer. System Commander allows you to have several operating >systems to choose from on your computer. You choose which one to boot when >you turn your machine on. It will only boot one operating system at a time >though. So if you want to run N2 on say DOS 6.22 (the last real DOS >operating system before the crappy windows DOS came out I think) you >cannot run any windows stuff. If you want to do what you suggest then >you're stuck with the conventional DOS window out of windows95. >I would recommend System Commander to anyone who wants the choice of >operating systems on their computer. It has performed flawlesly since I >installed it, and allows me to completely stay away from that icky >windose95 when I want to. >Matt
Same here. It is vantastic. I have a seperate drive with just DOS/Win311. for games. And my primary Windows95 drive for work stuff. You can of course have multiple OSs in the same partition as well. -Andy
Matt Mye 20 Dec 1996#349505
I've been using System Commander for about 6 months now and am very happy that I have. I was very apprehensive about upgrading to Win 95 totally, and SC gave me the opportunity to do it without having to give up my good 'ol trusty DOS 6.22 environment (after purchasing the necessary hard drive space of course). Installation is pretty much a breeze, any problems that I ran into were covered very well by the documentation, and the ability to keep adding new OS's (NT 4.0 is next) is just an added bonus. If you're looking for a software package of this type, I've not found anything yet that can compete with System Commander. Hope this helped a bit. Matt Myers "Expressing individualism is just plain wrong!" -- Crow T. Robot --

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