Compatiblity probs between Win98 and DOS programs?

[James Husted]

I've had problems with older Dos programs that used the Pharlap or other
memory managers (mostly 3D rendering programs and PCB layout programs). All
my other 'normal' dos programs work much better than they did in Win95. I
tried System Commander to make a dual boot system but found it to be kinda
a hassle for the number of times I used the dos programs (but well worth
the price - I'll sell you the copy if you want it). I ended up using an old
386 running in DOS only - not even win3.1 - and putting all my dos stuff on
it. You'd be suprised how fast a *slow* 386 or 486 runs when it runs only
dos. Thier cheap as dirt nowdays too.
-James Husted

>Hi folks,
>
>I recently upgraded to Windows 98 about a month ago, and it has given me
>nothing but
>grief with my DOS programs.  Has anyone had compatibility problems between
>DOS software
>and Windows 98?  I've tried many different types of programs; music,
>softsynths, even
>non music related software like flight simulators and genealogy programs,
>all have the
>same problems.  Half the time it crashes the OS when I try to install
>them, and if I do
>manage to get them installed, they only run for about a week before they
>lock up my
>system when I start the program.  I wonder if some of the automatically
>scheduled weekly
>disk maintenance features of Win98 messes with some of my files?  I don't
>think I can
>tell it to avoid certain files or folders.
>
>Just wondering if anybody else had this problem and if there was a Win98
>patch that
>might correct it?  I'm almost tempted to go back to Win95.
>
>Robert


James Husted
Art Director, Web Master, Symetrix Inc/Lucid Technology
jhusted at symetrixaudio.com
jhusted at lucidtechnology.com
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