Next Previous Contents 24. Appendix G - Other Operating Systems 24.1 DOS To my surprise there are still many tools available to make old 286 PC useful. I started a search for 286 at Simtel.Net and found many useful shareware programs. For instance: Full-featured LAN for MSDOS computers, 286+req RoseMail, PCBoard offline mail, 8086/286 exe's Multitasking/multiuser environment for 286-586 There is even a free DOS around, see The OS Developers Homepage and The FreeOS page. 24.2 MS-Windows A power saving utility CPUIDLE is available. Another one for older versions of MS-WindowsNT is available at Niteskate. Next Previous Contents