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zaphod:

DOS 6 is what I have on it.  Another option is FreeDos and I know there are other, equally fine, alternatives.  But Windows is not an alternative!  My cab boots to the ArcadeOS game screen in less than 15 seconds.  When I exit ArcadeOS, I just click the power button and the cab is safely shut down.

If you aren't a DOS expert, do I like I did and find a buddy who works for beer. :)

IG-88:

Um,  my beer drinkin' buddies know even less than I do when it comes to this stuff. They just figured out the touch-tone phone thing.

What kind of beer do you like?  ;)

RayB:

Listen. DOS is what they used to teach in Computing 101 class. If newbies can be taught it, then a Windows user can be taught it.

All it is is simple commands to do things, like:

COPY
RENAME
MD (make a directory)
CD (change directory)
..  (back up one directory)

etc
it will take you all of 2 hours to get up to speed.

Just don't touch the 'FORMAT' command  ;D


IG-88:

Good point. Well I guess it's off to see what I can find out about it....

Chris:

The hardest part of DOS is finding sound and video drivers for your hardware.   Realize also that you don't have hardware stretch available in DOS, so you'll want a driver that provides a large number of low-res options.  This means Scitech Display Doctor.

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