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From: dkonerding@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: rainbow problems
Message-ID: <4438@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 1 Dec 89 21:39:22 GMT
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	Hello, folks.  I've got a small problem with a Rainbow.  I was looking
around the science department in my high school and found an ancient Rainbow
MSDOS/CP/M machine with about 128k of memory.  I've told the my chem teacher
that I could hook it up to a printer and he'd be able to process words on it. 
I've had some problems:
	There's a 10MB HD that autoboots.  The machine came with MSDOS 2.05,
and I've installed that on the HD. However, when I insert a MSDOS 3.3 disk, and
try to run a program, it boots me to an error screen, or just plain returns me
to the prompt.  I assume that is because MSDOS 2.05 itself cannot run programs
that new.  However, using 2.05's sys command, I was able to install 3.3 DOS on
the HD-- however, the Rainbow "does not recognize it".  Therefore, I cannot run
(I assume) anything that does not work with old DOS).
	I have a dilemma.  Can anyone help me?  I can think of two solutions:
1.  Find a decent word proc for 2.05.  I can use EDLIN; I don't want to force
my teacher to.  Does anybody know of a good word proc for 2.05 MSDOS?
2.  Get DOS 3.3 to work.  THis would be ideal.  However, it just doesn't want to
work.  COMMAND.COM, when run (after installing 2.05 COMMAND.COM through
autoboot), gives me garbage.  Can 3.3 work on such an ancient machine?

	Help!  Thanks!

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