Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 10:01:45 -0500 (EST) From: David Poehlman To: jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: [opendos] dialagues with open dos and other documentation issues. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk ok, but how do I unpack it without installing opendos. when I install opendos, it takes over my system, and I don't want to have that happen befoer I read the book and get some answers that can guide me in propper set up and installation. On Tue, 4 Feb 1997 jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com wrote: > Hi David, > Some good news here, you don't need to run > opendos to run dosbook.exe. It will run using dos 6.22. > There may even be command line switches, try dosbook -?. > On Tue, 4 Feb > 1997, David > Poehlman wrote: > > > Hi, I read that the documentation will be made available in some form that > > I've never heard of and wonder if it can also be made available in an > > independantly viewable form such as "dostext"? Dosbook is really not > > adaquate when stacked up against a dos viewer with more powerfull > > functions and which is more friendly so it is not an alternative to the > > documentation platform availability. > > > > I'd like info for instance on what happens if you put disk 1 into the > > drive and turn on the machine? I need this info since my pc will not talk > > at that point. I've tried making it talk modifying config.sys and > > autoexec.bat, but no go. So, an installation guide would be helpfull. > > I'll try reading dosbook, but I'm not sure I'll find what I'm looking for. > > Any possitive feedback would be helpfull. > > is there a way to install dosbook without installing the whole package? > > I'd like to read it before I trash my machine again. > > > > > > Hands-On-Technolog(eye)s > > touching the internet > > voice: 1-(301) 949-7599 > > E-mail: poehlman AT clark DOT net > > ftp: ftp.clark.net/pub/poehlman > > url: http://www.clark.net/pub/poehlman > > > > > > > jude > Hands-On-Technolog(eye)s touching the internet voice: 1-(301) 949-7599 E-mail: poehlman AT clark DOT net ftp: ftp.clark.net/pub/poehlman url: http://www.clark.net/pub/poehlman