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re: DOS programs work under Windows XP.
Thursday, March 25, 2004 at 5:11 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Adam Bradley
(7201 messages posted)
The people you talked to are half right
XP has a DOS emultor rather than true MS-DOS, but it will run some MS-DOS programs
jagged ben has a good explanation of what the difference is see re:
ms-dos
regards, Adam Bradley
On Thursday, March 25, 2004 at 12:09 am, Frank Rubin wrote:
>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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