Ive not used MS-DOS for like, 8 years at least i reckon, and have totally forgot how to use it

Got a couple of old games i wanna play, and will only work in MS-DOS mode, but im fucked if i can remember the functions to even load the games

How do you search the directorys for a file? I cant remember.

And how do you go into a directory for that matter

Actually, how you do all those simple things, i cant remember shit

There are MS-DOS help sites on the net, but they all complicated, i only need the majorly simple stuff just to search and load a couple of games...

 

Ages since ive used it but this is what i remember (right or wrong). . .


CD.. Goes back to original directory
dir shows contents
dir/w shows contents spread
c:\ to go to c drive or maybe cd c:\

when in the directory open its contents with dir and look for the .exe file and type its name to load it

 

right, i worked out "cd" then a space, then the folder name goes into that folder.

but couldnt remember how to pause the "dir" function to see whats in big folders, but thats that dir/w thing isnt it? it was summat like that.

either way, i got it working enough to play Jet Strike Good old 1994 games

no sound tho says cant find a sound card

gotta get ready to go out now anyhow so thats enough for now, cheers

 

dir/w/p i think

 

Depends what version of dos and what OS/Hardware you run.

For 8 years i used DOS 5 or 6 along side Windows 3.1 (you could choose to load it in dos, none of this direct loading into XP business) before upgrading to win98 in 1999

I still remember some functions, the main ones you need are the ones above really. For searching directories or whole disks with the contents spread on Dos5/6 the command is: "dir|more". You never mentioned what Dos version your using btw, probz will be why the sound aint working as some of the games were designed to be playe din dos 5/6 and not windows XP version dos so the drivers/setting were different

 

fuck knows, but im on win98 still, and can restet to Ms dos mode, and can run some proper old skoool games then.

not now tho, as im properly destroyed

 

dir/s - shows directories and all contents
dir/p - shows contents of current directory page-by-page

dir/s/p - shows directories and all contents, page-by-page

cd.. - back one directory
cd [directory name] - opens that directory

doskey - turns on the ability to scroll through previously entered commands

Alternatively type 'help' for a list of commands......