re: DOS programs work under Windows XP.
Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at 4:55 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Frank Rubin
(3 messages posted)
I have come late to this discussion, and I may have missed something. I don't have
a Windows XP system. I didn't buy one because the sales people at Circuit City told
me that Windows XP could not run DOS programs. Everything I use is a DOS program,
my text editor, my compiler, my word processor, my mailing list program, all of the
compilers I use, and all of the programs that I have written -- they are all DOS
programs.
So, if there is any way to run these programs under Windows XP I would like to know
how. Otherwise, I simply cannot use any of the newer computers. I will have to
keep repairing my old computer until it becomes impossible.
On Saturday, July 12, 2003 at 4:02 pm, marc margolies wrote:
>I have a few dos chess programs that do not work under XP and the publisher's say
>they wont as well. These progs have copy protection hooked directly into the DOS
>and as you know, the kernal which emulates DOS in XP is not DOS, so they won't run
>in a DOS shell under XP.
>I am glad your software runs, but attacking the original poster for offering reasonable--and
>truthful expectations seems unfair to me.
>
>
>On Saturday, June 21, 2003 at 8:22 am, Ricer46 wrote:
>
>>I have not seen any article that states DOS games will not run under Windows XP,
>>in fact quite to the contrary. What has been written is there is no guarantee that
>>they will run, which is what is implied in the fact that M$ does not support DOS
>>programs in XP. And it is for sure that not all DOS programs will work in XP. I
>have
>>some that work just fine, I have others that sort of work, but are not useable.
>>
>>The general response here to those that ask if their favorite DOS game will work
>>is "try it and find out, maybe it will, maybe it won't."
>>
>>The only BS here is you.
>>
>>
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