Thanks everyone for the replies! Looks like the analyzer is attached to the 24pin parallel port of the PS2. The newer pc I would run FreeDOS on has a x86 AMD Sempron and a parallel port on the motherboard (Still have to look up compatibility, but I guess that can be solved with some PCI card). Tomorrow at work I’ll try to revitalize the PC and install FreeDOS. Then I’ll try to install the software with the floppy discs we still have and hopefully see the program working. I think the PS2 has some sort of card to interpret the metal analyzer data but no one remembers, I’ll troubleshoot on the way. I’ll let everyone know about my adventure!
Thanks again for now and greetings from Italy! Mattia Limonta Inviato da Posta<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> per Windows 10 Da: Robert Riebisch<mailto:r...@bttr-software.de> Inviato: lunedì 27 aprile 2020 21:06 A: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> Oggetto: Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos for IBM PCDOS 3.30 software Hi Mattia, > I am a new user of the FreeDOS world, and I have a question. I would > like to install FreeDOS 1.2 on an old PC that we have at work because > we have to create a backup system for our 1987 IBM Personal System 2, > currently running IBM PCDOS 3.30 OEM. We still have this machine > because it’s attached to a metal analyzer that uses a software that > exists only for PCDOS 3.30. So you intend to install FreeDOS to a different, probably newer, type of machine and then transfer the metal analyzer software? How is the PC attached to the analyzer? A normal serial port? A special I/O card? > Does this type of software run on FreeDOS 1.2? Is it possibile to get > the full compatibility? All I can say is: "Probably. You have to try." It depends on how clean the metal analyzer software was coded. If the programmers used some "dirty tricks", that only work on this particular DOS or PS2 machine, then it will probably very hard or even impossible. Cheers, Robert -- +++ BTTR Software +++ Home page: https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead: https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
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