🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:41:45 +0100, john <john@broondog.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

>>>I am new to computers so I might be missing the obvious.....but I have a
>>>question....if you install anything in  Windows 95 (such as SoundCard) does
>>>this still work while you are in Dos Mode, and if not how do I get around
>>>this problem?

No.  Win95 GUI and Win95 MS-DOS Mode are effectively two different
operating systems sharing a file system; Windows 95, and the operating
system formally known as DOS.  So the drivers are different!

>Your sound card should have drivers for win`95 and dos
>Install them seperately
>Don`t run any games in win/dos mode.

Why not? Works a hell of a lot better than Win3.yuk did!

>Instead make a system floppy and copy your config.sys and
>autoexec.bat files onto it.

Bad idea.

>Delete from your c drive the two former files, 95 doesn`t need them.

Bad idea.  

>then before you boot up, stick ya floppy in !

Worse idea, leaving system to boot A: before C: (thus exposed to boot
sector virus risks).

>That puts you into real dos mode

So does Shudown, Restart in MS-DOS Mode ("Exit to DOS.pif") and a lot
more elegantly than faffing around with "boot disks".

>When you get that up and running let me know, and i`ll tell you how to
>make a menu from the floopy that lets you choose which dos game you want
>run.

1.bat, 2.bat, 3.bat, I take it?  

Better yet, edit in DOSShell as the target of "Exit to DOS.pif" and
use that as a menu - complete with context-sensitive help.