Hello,
> I am puzzled: I mean, XP can run DOS programs directly, without
assistance, can't it?
The apparent problems are the compatibility and quality. There are huge
differences between Windows 9x's MS-DOS prompt and (32-bit) Windows XP's NTVDM.
Even OS/2's MVDM did a much better job than XP's NTVDM in emulating DOS. The
NTVDM only got worse with (32-bit) Windows Vista or 7 -- things such as the
full-screen mode were removed from its NTVDM as well. Meanwhile, 64-bit Windows
XP (or higher) never had NTVDM in the first place. Clearly, Microsoft was
trying to gradually eliminate the existence of DOS from its Windows releases.
DOSBox(-X) emerged around this time exactly to solve such problems (and also
for other platforms).
Wengier
On Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 05:05:51 a.m. EDT, Liam Proven
<lpro...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, 16 Aug 2022 at 07:13, Wengier W via Freedos-user
<freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
> DOSBox-X's Windows XP support has been there for a long time, which will
> benefit those who use it (original DOSBox also supports it). I think the
> pixel-perfect mode patch which you implemented still works too, so that those
> who use Windows XP (or higher) can enjoy it as well.
(Please, if you can, bottom post on mailing lists. It makes threads
*much* easier to follow.)
I am puzzled: I mean, XP can run DOS programs directly, without
assistance, can't it?
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