Re: DOS Programs under Win

>  > i notice in windows vista it dosent support full screen dos  command mo
>  > anymore. so if i want to have full screen dos like in ealrier versions
>  > windows i cant use vista for that. . presently i use win2000 for that
>  > . .. the good old days of DOS.. this affects playing in telnet for the
>  > part. is dos and telnet on the way out? (please dont let it die) twgs w
>  > full screen the way it is written either.. when i play a online game i
>  > full screen dos mode for that instead of a window for it.. does anyone
>  > still play trade wars on TWGS?. as sysop i dont play it, but watch othe
>  > it.. pat
>
> There is an application out there called DOSBOX that runs under Windows (and
> other OSes) that will supply the user with a DOS session to run DOS programs
> in.  It should continue to work (I think) once Windows totally stops
> supporting 16-bit DOS apps.  I am not sure if it is an emulator, or if it
> provides an actual DOS session as I have never used it.  But I know there are
> a few developers out there that are attempting to extend the life of old DOS
> programs by using DOSBOX under Windows XP & Vista.
>

It doesn't appear Microsoft dropped support for 16-bit apps in Windows 7
(x86)yet?  64bit versions dropped it back in Win XP x64.

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