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Thanks for the info. Looks like its possible.

Damian Yerrick wrote:
> 
> "John & Susie" <jdk AT sgi DOT net> wrote:
> > This may be a dumb question and I know its not officially released yet,
> > but some people have Win 2000 betas for testing purposes. Has anyone
> > tried DJGPP and WinAllegro under Win 2000?
> 
> The NT kernel (according to my neighbor) has always
> run 16-bit programs "under emulation." "16-bit programs" surely
> includes Win3.1 apps and real-mode DOS apps and may include
> DJGPP apps (because they start out in virtual mode). I'm not
> sure if it actually emulates Intel instructions or not.
> 
> Test results under Win2kPro (NT5) beta:
> Allegro 3.9.27 WinArena, runs in DirectX:
>   Everything works, but fades are *really* slow.
>   Sound kicks butt with expensive sound card.
> Allegro 3.9.30 DOSArena, runs in mode 13h:
>   Everything works but sound. I'm not sure NT5
>   even supports Blaster emulation for DOS programs.
> Allegro 3.9.30 VESA Based Demo:
>   My tester wants to wait until Indiana tomorrow
>   to reboot into Win2k. He's busy watching anime.
> 
> BTW, what you've been calling Millennium will probably be
> called "Windows 2000 Personal" according to my neighbor.
> 
> --
> Damian Yerrick    http://yerricde.tripod.com/
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