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re: DOS programs work under Windows XP.
Thursday, March 25, 2004 at 12:09 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Frank Rubin
(3 messages posted)
Adam, thank you for your response. Even though all of the "experts" in the local
computer stores assured me that Windows XP did not have DOS, and could not run DOS
programs, I discovered after much digging, that if I clicked on "Start" then "Programs"
then "All programs" then "Accessories" lo and behold, there was the DOS icon. And,
if I dragged that icon to the desktop, and right clicked it, and then clicked "Properties"
I got a whole raft of options that let me get a fairly usable DOS. There are some
defects, like the character size is tiny (and selecting a larger size does not help),
and it does not do a carriage return after a program writes an error message to the
screen, but by and large it is usable.
Maybe the worst defect is that printing
a document is sloo-o-ow and intermittent. It stops, it scratches its head, it takes
a sip of coffee, and then it goes and prints a few more lines. I guess it has better
things to do than printing.
I am told that creating a windows program is
a major job, and I have something like 700 programs that I would need to convert,
so going to Windows is not a possibility.
On Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at 7:31 pm, Adam Bradley wrote:
>They may or may not run, unless you try them or find someone that has you'll never
>know
>Some MS-DOS programs work, others work with tweaking and some never will regardless
>of what you do
>If you have a friend with an XP computer try running them on it
>But if these apps are critical and updating to newer ones is not an option then
XP
>is likely not a good choice for you
>
regards, Adam Bradley
>
>
>On Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at 4:55 pm, Frank Rubin wrote:
>>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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