Actually if the CPU is too fast in DOS the software cannot program the radio so most ham radio operator's look for slow CPU's (old computers) and load DOS as the sole operating system this is true especially for older Motorola radio's - Johnny KD5LWU Cortez, CO On 8/4/2014 6:14 PM, dmccunney wrote: > On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Corbin Davenport > <davenportcor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> If it's radio equipment that the software manages, it might not run in the >> Windows command line or DOSBox. It probably needs direct access to the >> hardware, which I don't think either provide. > Multitasking OSes don't provide underlying access to the hardware of > the computer they are running on, because the app can't assume it's > the only thing running with full control of the machine. > > But radio equipment will be seen as an attached peripheral, and there > shouldn't be any problem about a DOS app in a VM or an emulator > communicating with it. > ______ > Dennis > https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Infragistics Professional > Build stunning WinForms apps today! > Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. > Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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