From: Damian Yerrick Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: c|net: Microsoft has officially killed MS-DOS. Organization: Pin Eight Software http://pineight.8m.com/ Message-ID: <19ljfs443tltagq30ll3n87or4l8ge4kbk@4ax.com> References: <0vlffsc21hthnqfaramn08d9gb9jfk5v74 AT 4ax DOT com> <38F86E5B DOT B82286BB AT bigfoot DOT com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 29 X-Trace: /KDWjckC9K9S4Z+zi5DHuPSCB3pRTexE1eXbomm8dZlX27PKzzUIZOZVyGghroyMTqJKVUtvnrPm!Gy1xYXi78iNA0uKHawpOJEcNDaY8FRT3yVRgbS4PnChhP2AfDy0dcku5jeF8g2AtP1A9bmuBXmv2!KtT8jq4= X-Complaints-To: abuse AT gte DOT net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 15:00:01 GMT Distribution: world Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 15:00:01 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Sat, 15 Apr 2000 14:27:55 +0100, "J.P. Morris" wrote: >Damian Yerrick wrote: >> >> Windows ME (Millennium Edition), the third major release of Windows >> 9x, has NO SUPPORT for DOS apps. We DOS programmers have just lost >> our market: > >AFAIK, they've just dumped support for true real-mode, and DOS programs >will still work in a DOS box. >If this is not true, then you may as well use W2K instead since that >can run at least some DOS apps in a V86 box. > >> I certainly hope the hard drive can be used as such a boot disk. > >Alternatively, something like BOCHS or VMware or Plex86 can be used to >create a virtual environment for DOS apps that need true real mode. One of the major reasons I use true real mode is that my sound card crackles horribly when running DOS games from inside Windows 98. -- Damian Yerrick "I refuse to listen to those who refuse to listen to reason." See the whole sig: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html This is McAfee VirusScan. Add these two lines to your signature to prevent the spread of signature viruses. http://www.mcafee.com/