Of FreeDOS, the eCS LiveCD, Puppy Linux, and DSL. :-)

Here in alt.msdos, Straydog <asd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> spake unto us, saying:

>Yes, this is a DOS-relevant post. OS/2 does run DOS aps. I've done
>that, too. I'm not impressed with HOW it runs some DOS aps. My advice:
>Run your DOS aps under real DOS.

FreeDOS is actually quite nice from what little I've seen, but I tend
to still prefer PC-DOS 6.3 when I use real DOS and when making bootable
CDs and such.  I have four licenses here that I got on eBay for almost
nothing.  :-)

However, I usually like juggling my DOS applications alongside Mozilla
and other modern (or more likely semi-modern in my case <g>) apps.

BTW, this isn't the 90's anymore.  Folks interested in the eCS variant
of OS/2 can try a LiveCD for themselves -- why trust the opinions of a
stranger when you can get firsthand experience from a live demo copy?

  http://www.ecomstation.com/democd/

It's a very limited version of eComStation 1.2 that comes with an old
copy of Firefox, a copy of the Pixel image editor demo, and some other
stuff, but it boots and works with networking and sound on my HP laptop
from work (1.7GHz Pentium M with 512MB of RAM).

What can I say?  YMMV, as with all software.

eCS's DHCP didn't work for me, though.  I had to specify an IP address
and configure the gateway and nameserver manually.

>Oh, yes, if you want a small footprint OS, then get www.tomsrtboot.com, 
>Linux on a 3.5 floppy. One floppy, self-booting, self-extracting, more 
>stable OS, with lots of utilities and more powerful fdisk. I've used
>this a lot, too.

That one's a classic, and can be quite useful as an emergency diskette.

I also recommend the Puppy Linux LiveCD found at www.puppylinux.com or
the DamnSmallLinux CD found at www.damnsmalllinux.org for those who
have CD-ROM drives and a BIOS which sup****ts booting from CD-ROM.

-- 
 -Rich Steiner >>>---> http://www.visi.com/~rsteiner
>>>---> Mableton, GA
USA
    Mainframe/Unix bit twiddler by day, OS/2+Linux+DOS hobbyist by night.
       WARNING: I've seen FIELDATA FORTRAN V and I know how to use it!
                   The Theorem Theorem: If If, Then Then.