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re: DOS programs work under Windows XP.
Thursday, March 25, 2004 at 9:45 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Frank Rubin
(3 messages posted)
Jagged Ben just might have supplied the information I need to get DOS running decently.
I figured out that right clicking the DOS icon and then clicking Properties would
get me some useful options. Now I have DOS running in full screen mode instead of
an oddly-placed window. The one thing I can't seem to do is to get a larger, more
readable font. I have tried the Font tab within Properties, but my selection is
ignored. It still gives me 50 lines of small tightly crowded text. I figure that
it must be reading some control file that has options which override the Properties.
Autoexec.nt and Config.nt seem like good candidates.
On Thursday, March 25, 2004 at 5:11 am, Adam Bradley wrote:
>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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