Problem is DOSBox doesn't integrate with host OS aside from "mounting" drives. If we wanted Win3.x apps to run we'd need to include Windows 3.x or make our own.
On 8 May 2012 11:27, Wesley Parish <[email protected]> wrote: > MS Win 3.0 as largely a DOS extender written large, with a graphical > interface. > > MS Win 3.1 had a bit more of the 32-bit disk access and the like; iirc it > made better use of protected memory - though not much. It liked crashing. > > MS Win 3.1 Windows For Workgroups was a lot closer to a 32-bit system, > though it - much like the remainder of the Win 3.x/9.x lineup - relied on > DOS as a boot loader and thunked its merry way through int21h and the like. > > MS Win NT was built on a different model, taken almost completely > lock-stock-and-barrel from DEC's VMS and related systems. NT didn't need DOS > - in fact, it tended to crash badly written Win/DOS applications. > > I expect DOSBox will run Win3.x/9.x apps without too much trouble, provided > they can access suitable DLLs. > > > On 8/05/2012, at 10:02 PM, Sven Barth wrote: > >> Am 08.05.2012 11:47, schrieb Andrew Faulds: >>> >>> Ah, I see. Windows 3.1 was a 32-bit kernel running 16-bit applications, >>> how odd. >>> >> >> Ehm... no. Windows 3.x was a 16-bit system though it needed the protected >> mode to run (to perform 32-bit disk access, etc.). >> >> Only Windows 95 was a (more) true 32-bit system (like Windows NT 3.1 was >> already). >> >> Regards, >> Sven >> >>> On 8 May 2012 10:37, Sven Barth<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Am 08.05.2012 11:33, schrieb Andrew Faulds: >>>> >>>>> Oh, I didn't think of that. Windows 3.x applications run in NTVDM? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Yes as they are basically "DOS applications" as well. Only Windows 95 >>>> introduced a difference. >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Sven >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ros-dev mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ros-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev -- Andrew Faulds (AJF) http://ajf.me/ _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
