Re: Whither goest DOS?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Jon Elson <elson@p...> wrote:
> ballendo wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Is DOS "available" in Win XP? Win 2k?
> > If so, how do you get to it/ set it up?
>
> A DOS emulator is available from inside Win 2K. It is NOT real
DOS, but
> a functional emulator that uses the X86's built in virtual machine
> emulator hardware support to allow the DOS program to exist in
> a virtual PC X86 real-mode environment, inside the Windows
> virtual memory environment. Most DOS programs, even those
> that grab physical hardware devices like DMA controllers, parallel
> port registers, etc. will work. In Win2K there is a command line
mode,
> it should be available in the immense list of things under the start
> button. I make an extra shortcut to it and put it on the desktop,
just
> like Win95.
>
> Jon