Book of Jornada: Chapter 12 Go The Full Monty of MS-DOS 6.22

After running DOS programs under PocketDOS for a couple of weeks, I decided to go the full monty by installing the complete MS-DOS 6.22 (plus the supplement disk) on my Jornada 720.

Here is a quick demonstration of how to get this done.

Book of Sigmarion II: Chapter 3 By the Power of PocketDOS (MIPS)

Even though Sigmarion III doesn't seem to get along with PocketDOS very well, Sigmarion II runs it just fine!!

To install, I copied the CABs to a CF card (since I don't have the serial sync cable). Then run the CABs directly from the card. Install the CABs in this order:

(1) PocketDOS.mips_hpcpro.CAB

(2) PocketDOS_DOSFS.mips.CAB

(3) PocketDOS_UTILITY.CAB

(4) PocketDOS_HELP.CAB

(5) FREEDOS_100.CAB

Interestingly I seem to feel that Sigmarion II runs a bit snappier than Jornada 720. I am going to find out more by running some simple benchmarking tests, which will show up as part of my upcoming comparative review of Sigmarion II and Jornada 720. 😎 

 

Book of Jornada: Chapter 11 Venture into the ultimate world of Ultima

At last, the Solo Champion answered the calling from Ultima I, a groundbreaking quintessential classic CRPG in the 1980s. I still remembered when the game was out I was a very poor school kid.  Without any pocket money, let alone any gaming or computing gadgets, I found my pure joy and excitement munching the walkthroughs in computer magazines in the library during lunch breaks day after day. 

Book of Jornada: Chapter 10 Beware! The Ogre is coming!!

Ogre, my all-time favorite turn-based tactical game, both on PC and on tabletop, now runs great on my Jornada under PocketDOS!

Champion, fight on!

Book of Jornada: Chapter 9 Capture Video Display Editor (VDE) for DOS

Yesterday I started a thread on hpcfactor discussing PocketDOS (which doesn't seemed to get mentioned much there). A fellow member there recommended VDE (Video Display Editor). I wasn't aware of this program until the forum post. Then I checked out the dedicated website for VDE and started to learn more about the app.

Book of Jornada: Chapter 8 The Famed City of GrandView 2.0

Having completed the Quest for WordStar 7.0D, the Solo Champion visited the famed city of GrandView 2.0 for carousing.

GrandView 2.0 is one of the best outliners for DOS by the good old Symantec.

Book of Jornada: Chapter 7 The Quest for WordStar 7.0D

WordStar was one of the first full-fledged word processors and a major player back in the 1980s. Many professional writers (including George R. R. Martin) swear by this archaic but effective program. There is no reason not to run it under PocketDOS on my Jornada 720. 

Champion, let's go!

Book of Jornada: Chapter 4 By the Power of DOS!!

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!!

[UPDATED 20201030]

A very nice touch of PocketDOS is the function keys (F1-F10) at the bottom of the display, in addition to being clickable/tappable, actually correspond to the exact position of each of the physical application hot keys on the Jornada's keyboard.