WEIRD request!

[Rhonda85]

Here it is.. I need to get a copy of MS-DOS 3.3! I am testing some old stuff & it requires 3.3 or back. I have a copy that I tried to use but it would not work. What I did it to copy IO.sys & msdos.sys to a: along with command.com & could not boot from a: I made sure the attrib settings for the *.sys files were +h + r + s, but it would not work.
Any help with this dumb project would be grateful!

Thank you, Rhonda

 

[MGMorden]

Just copying the files to the bootdisk don't work. They have to be put into specific locations on the disk. Copy io.sys, msdos.sys, and command.com to a directory (say c:\olddos). You then need the sys command that goes with those (not sure if another will work), and then type:

sys c:\olddos a:

you should then have a boot disk. If that don't work I can't help ya. Oldest DOS I ever ran was 5.0 and I no longer have the disks to that. You might try www.freedos.org though. They've got an open source DOS-thing going. It might would work for you.

 

[jyrixx]

i have dos 6.2, but unfortunately, it's at home (i'm at school)
so.. i cant help you 🙁

plus, 6.2 > 3.3 so no good there either.. 🙁

 

[MGMorden]

You might also want to do a search on google for DOS and abandonware. You might come up with it.