Re: Xy on Mac revisited-Parallel Universe

[Russ Urquhart russurquhart1@xxxxxxxx]

Glad to hear that you got Parallels installed on your mac, and they
were able to install DOS as well!
When i copied my Xy files/directories to my Virtual PC config, i used
my USB floppy disk drive, and copied the files to my mac via floppy
disk.
Does Parallels allow for assigning a disk drive to a a USB floppy
disk? (I would think it should, or give you someway to see outside of
your DOS world.)
I would try and copy the files that way and then give that a try.
(Also probably your autoexec.bat and your config.sys as well?

Let us know how it goes!

Russ
On Mar 7, 2007, at 3:55 PM, Lisa Kleinholz wrote:
Ech...The tech guy was able to get DOS boot via Parallels. He figured
out a work-around, because the explanations of how to do it on the
Parallels forum did not work.

Now when I open Parallels DOS I see this:

Parallels (R) VGA-Compatible
BIOS Version 1.05
2.2 build 1940 (C) 2005-2006 Parellels Softward International INC. All
rights Reserved
640 KB Base Memory
32768 Extended Memory
Starting MS-DOS

then there's a date prompt & time prompt, after which I get this:

Microsoft (R) MS-DOS (R) Version 6.22
(C) Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1994

c:/>

When I type dir [enter]

I see this:
Volume in drive C has no label
Volume Serial Number is 0927-18DC
Directory of C:\

Command.Com 54,645 05-31-94 6:22a

I've added a Xy4 directory, but am not sure what to do next.
What do I need to copy into the root directory? What do I need in a
DOS
directory? What's the minimum I need in XY4 directory to test if/
how Xy
works in this environment.
As of now, nothing happens when I press the track pad in lieu of
mouse.
I have an extra mouse & driver, but don't really use them in Xy.
Should
I try?

Anyway, any help from you who have more experience would be most
appreciated. I have never installed DOS on a machine before, so
have no
idea what's necessary or desirable.

I will say, that the screen looks quite nice, just like my old
computer, but with very clear white on black print.

Many thanks in advance,
Lisa


--- Lisa Kleinholz  wrote:
--- "Patricia M. Godfrey"  wrote:
Is Parallels just Mac or can it virtualize another opsys
on Linux?

Just Mac. Thanks for the info on 6.22. I've had no problems running
Xy4
on 6.22, but will tell tech guy about MemMaker.


Lisa Kleinholz
www.kleinholz.com