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Originally Posted by Eagle of Fire
Well, that is certainly the point. DOS 7.0 (the one used in Windows) is a really dumbed down version of the "real" DOS. There is not even a third of all the commands you would find in the "real" DOS, and thus it is incomplete.
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The rationale that I have read that Microsoft was using is that they did not want to include anything that could be done in Windows already and that basically they were doing nothing more than supplying some troubleshooting tools to be used when the computer would not boot. I'm sure you have made a Win 98 startup disk ("emergency disk"). Thats about all the use that WinDos 7.0 had. Rougue correctly pointed out above that there were other DOS 7.0 commands available on the tools/oldmsdos folder of the original install disk. Like Rogue, I have never had a problem running a DOS game under DOS 7.0. At least not when booting directly to DOS 7.0 command line by modifying the MSDOS.SYS file. Still WinDos 7.0 is pretty weak if you are trying to use it as an OS from which to run your machine. It was never meant for that, though.
I wonder what would happen if you booted to IBM's PCDOS 7.0 and then tried to run the Win command to start WIN 95? Anyone tried it?