DOS as an embedded OS


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Posted by Dave Dribin on 12, 2001 at 7:04 PM:

In Reply to: Re: hmmm. crappy dos ........or none at all...n/t posted by Michael Cook on 12, 2001 at 2:06 PM:

: Why is everyone so stuck on DOS? All right, I'll confess, I'm just starting out on my first MAME cabinate (converting a Phoenix cab).

I guess I don't see any benefits of using Windows. My cabinet is a single function computer, essentially an embedded computer. So I'm using DOS as an embedded OS. So I can't browse the web, watch a DVD, or other stuff Windows would allow me to do. All I need to be able to do is run MAME, and DOS does that very well. I can always reboot to Linux if I need other stuff. But everyone's got different priorities, so if Windows is right for you, then go for it.

Memory management doesn't suck so bad these days as most of the programs are protected mode and don't require that much free 640k memory.

Besides, I don't own/use a single copy of Windows and I'm not about to shell out the $$$ just for my cabinet.

-Dave



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