POS, DOS?

[Dylan (logout)]

DHPOS is a DOS-Based program.
However, is there no way to run DHPOS on computers without windows,
only dos?? I absolutely HAVE to have the network. I am working on a
project for a school's concession stands, so windows is not an option (Because I would have to deal with licences throught the school board). but I can't operate to my client's specs w/o the network.
Thanks, -Tech

[ibmsystems]

Ok

DOS Must Be Ran On Either A Windows Or Linux System It Will Not Require You To Use A Mouse But You Must Run It On A Computer Using Either Windows Or Linux I Am Not Sure If Mac Supports DOS I Also Know The Linspire OS Will NOT Run DOS If Its Life Depended On It! Or You Can Look At The DHPOS System Requirements Page.

Home Page > POS System Requirements

[grantm]

Actually, you don't need Windows or Linux. DOS (more specifically MSDOS) is an operating system itself. All windows does (especially the later versons) is Emulate DOS. On XP you are not using true DOS, but a program written to act like DOS.

As for networking, I think that you can use the NET USE command. But someone more knowlageble in DOS can clear this up.

[ibmsystems]

I Agree Dale Some Help Here!!

[Andrew]

You can network DOS (I've never done it) and there will no doubt be tutorials on Google galore for this.

NET USE is indeed the command to setup the mapped drives for networking DHPOS.

[Tina]

You can use DOS all by itself no Windows required, & you can also Network them. You can use Lantastic or Microsoft network Client\Server for Dos here http://www.windowsnetworking.com/j_helmig/dosclien.htm

Good luck

[Tina]

Personally I like Lantastic better then the Micrsoft Client\Server networking software. This post is to confirm that DHPOS works perfectly under Straight DOS in a network situation. I have DHPOS setup as a Global Register ie: on the Dos only server computer, & the rest of the Dos stations connect to the server without any flaws.. The hardest part of the whole deal is just getting your network cards configured correctly under dos. Once they are in and configured correctly, your computers are ready to start sharing files.

Best of luck

[Dylan222]

well, i think ill use eithr fedora or suse -linux
thanks,

[rickpos (not signed in)]

http://netbootdisk.com/

Universal Network Boot Disk for DOS...

It's pretty straight forward. However, if you're not too familiar with networking, take a moment to read the documentation and FAQ's on the site.

Good luck!