WinRAR or 7z?

Bothersome · 03-10-12, 12:38 PM

What Steve said it gold.

7Zip is the only program I use any more and I've tried em all since the 80's. (PKzip for DOS)

Kafka BC · 03-10-12, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Bothersome

What Steve said it gold.

7Zip is the only program I use any more and I've tried em all since the 80's. (PKzip for DOS)

PKzip for DOS, gosh, that takes me back, wasn't it fun trying to remember all those DOS commands to extract the files properly.

TheDarkWraith · 03-10-12, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Kafka BC

PKzip for DOS, gosh, that takes me back, wasn't it fun trying to remember all those DOS commands to extract the files properly.

Still have and use that program (I have a dos only computer for doing special testing

)

Kafka BC · 03-10-12, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Still have and use that program (I have a dos only computer for doing special testing

)

I still have it on floppy somewhere. I have three DOS machines, a 386 20mhz, 486SX 25mhz, and a 486 DX2 66mhz. I keep them because I am sentimental and every once in a while I like to play games that I can't get to play on anything else (i.e. Wing Commander: Privateer), usually on the DX2 which has a whopping 32 megabytes of RAM.

I still love DOS, but you know what they say, your first love brings the fondest memories.

TheDarkWraith · 03-10-12, 03:35 PM

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I still love DOS, but you know what they say, your first love brings the fondest memories.

Do they ever

I love DOS also. I still have one of the first models of PC ever made - the IBM PC/XT 4.77 MHz / 9Mhz Turbo (nice 4 color screen)! Have some TRS-80 Model III's also

The reason I love DOS is because it doesn't impede me from accessing the hardware unlike Windows. Protected mode is nice but when you want to access the hardware directly Windows is a royal PITA to do it with

Kafka BC · 03-10-12, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Do they ever

I love DOS also. I still have one of the first models of PC ever made - the IBM PC/XT 4.77 MHz / 9Mhz Turbo (nice 4 color screen)! Have some TRS-80 Model III's also

The reason I love DOS is because it doesn't impede me from accessing the hardware unlike Windows. Protected mode is nice but when you want to access the hardware directly Windows is a royal PITA to do it with

An IBM PC/XT and a TRS-80 Model III, those are Jurassic. I remember playing some good games on a TRS-80 Color at the Radioshack next to the store that I worked in the 80's. Good stuff.

Yeah, protected mode caused me a number of problems when I tried to run DOS apps and games in Windows 3.1, ,95, and 98. Surprisingly, Windows XP has a pretty good DOS emulator built in and I have a few of my old favorites running nicely on it.

TheDarkWraith · 03-10-12, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Kafka BC

Yeah, protected mode caused me a number of problems when I tried to run DOS apps and games in Windows 3.1, ,95, and 98. Surprisingly, Windows XP has a pretty good DOS emulator built in and I have a few of my old favorites running nicely on it.

Ever heard of DOSBOX? Google it. Works wonders for running 16bit and DOS apps in protected mode (aka Windows)

03-10-12, 12:38 PM	#1
Bothersome Planesman Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 194 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	What Steve said it gold. 7Zip is the only program I use any more and I've tried em all since the 80's. (PKzip for DOS)