MS-DOS and thumbdrives

[Maurice]

Okay, I have a special CAD computer that uses ADX (it's really obsolete, but for our purposes, it's really the only thing that works right).

Apparently, ADX will only operate on older OSs. Currently the computer running ADX is on windows 3.11, but we really only use the computer in DOS. Transferring data is a pain in the butt, because we can't get it on the network, due to the fact that it's using such an old OS.

Anyway, I was thinking, since the computer has a USB port, is there any way to use a thumb drive to transfer data to/from this computer while running in old MS-DOS? I'm not sure what version it is... what's the DOS command that tells you the version you're running?

Thanks!

 

[Ze Mad Doktor]

I don't think there is a way to use USB under DOS.

However, if you go to sourceforge.net and search for a program called DOSbox get that. It's a great DOS emulation program. Using that you should be able to run that program on a computer running 98throughXP and thus access your thumbdrive with the program.

 

[Ze Mad Doktor]

Link to DOSBox

 

[Maurice]

Holy cow, I'm glad I fully explained my problem! That's a great suggestion, and it appears to be FREE (shareware?). HAs anyone here used this, good/bad results?

 

[Ze Mad Doktor]

Well of course I have used it but only on old dos games. I use it for Star Control 2, Betrayal at Krondor, and Quest for Glory among others. However, it should work on any DOS program.

I cannot say how it will work with your program but that was what I thought of when I saw your post. I can't think of any other way around it since USB support didn't come until Win95B.

 

[Ze Mad Doktor]

And yes it is freeware, I think everything on sourceforge is.