Today I sent an email to the developer of PocketDOS asking about how to purchase a license, as the link on its website seems broken.
After half a day (timezone difference I suppose), the developer responded with a working link to the order: https://order.shareit.com/cart/add?vendorid=14287&PRODUCT[164077]=1
In a split second I went ahead and placed an order with paypal, costing around USD$25. A bit pricey, but definitely worth it. Remember this is not just one piece of arcane software. It is a key to the gigantic wealth of treasures and artifacts of the ancient lost tech!
After several minutes I received another message from PocketDos asking me for my Owner Name and System ID in order to generate a unique Unlock Code. Having sent the information to them, the unlock code was delivered in a short while.
Now the vault is opened! It's going to be a long, long adventure deep into the great ancient realm of DOS!!
I am definitely interested.
ReplyDeleteIs this ARM only?
I am assuming it is an x86 emulator, so anything that I have would just run? Have you tried something like a graphic game? Is there DOS4GW support?
I'd love to get this running on my Aero 8000 as well ad happy to fork the bill.
Shiunbird
As far as I know PocketDOS supports a pretty wide range of architectures and CE/WM versions. You can try it out to see if it works for you before paying for the license. http://www.mediator-software.com/pocketdos/download.htm
DeleteI'd say this is the best $25 I've ever spent on software.
However, since this is an emulator of rather low specs, graphic intensive games may not work good enough. I have yet to try Doom or similar games there. That said, turn-based strategy games (such as Ogre or the old SSI wargames) or RPGs (Ultima, Wizardry, etc.) run very well.
Basically I want to run DOS programs on my Jornada for productivity purposes (notetaking, writing, outlining, PIM, etc.).