Hi Samuel!
07 Dec 2001, "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
SH> BTW, some people say that XP has no support whatsoever for DOS.
SH> Others say that this is not true. I don't know whom to believe.
Win NT (==Win 2000 == Win XP) is no longer based on DOS.
So in order to run DOS programs it needs to emulate a DOS environment.
(like linux does it with dosemu)
M$ has done a pretty good job in emulating DOS, but naturally an advanced
kernel like NT or Linux can't grant direct hardware access, so some DOS
programs can't run.
PS: Win Me doesn't fall into the NT category ... it is still based on DOS,
but M$ tried harder to hide that fact !
SH> Sam Heywood
CU, Ricsi
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