DOS ain't dead

no more EMS support in XP (Announce)

posted by nidud , Norway, 10.10.2012, 22:35

> Have you seen DOS code or EMS mentioned anywhere??? I haven't after lots
> of digging.

The "no more support" could be a side effect, or an unintentional bug for all I know. I notice the "no memory" after installing the update, and I did a brief test. There was something installed at int 67h, but the EMMXXXX0 string was missing. I then removed the KB2724197, so this is the limit of my knowledge about it.

> containing a specially-crafted application

EMS has the capability to survive a hot boot, and code could be executed there, so maybe that?s the reason they block it, but, again, this is only assumption.

The update is (auto) installed today, so I think we have to wait a few days and see what happens.

Complete thread:

• no more EMS support in XP - nidud, 10.10.2012, 14:53 (Announce)
  • no more EMS support in XP - RayeR, 10.10.2012, 19:21
    • no more EMS support in XP - nidud, 10.10.2012, 19:48
      • no more EMS support in XP - Arjay, 10.10.2012, 20:47
        • no more EMS support in XP - nidud, 10.10.2012, 22:35
          • no more EMS support in XP - marcov, 11.10.2012, 13:46
            • no more EMS support in XP - nidud, 11.10.2012, 15:17
        • no more EMS support in XP - RayeR, 11.10.2012, 00:46
          • no more EMS support in XP - nidud, 11.10.2012, 15:29
            • no more EMS support in XP - Arjay, 11.10.2012, 17:36
              • no more EMS support in XP - nidud, 11.10.2012, 19:05
                • no more EMS support in XP - Rugxulo, 11.10.2012, 21:51
                  • no more EMS support in XP - nidud, 11.10.2012, 23:26
                • no more EMS support in XP - RayeR, 12.10.2012, 00:51
  • no more EMS support in XP - nidud, 13.10.2012, 15:03
    • no more EMS support in XP - mvojvodic, 14.10.2012, 12:49
      • no more EMS support in XP - nidud, 14.10.2012, 18:17
    • no more EMS support in XP - RayeR, 16.10.2012, 02:07
      • no more EMS support in XP - nidud, 17.10.2012, 14:25
        • no more EMS support in XP - Tito, 13.12.2012, 20:26
          • no more EMS support in XP - RayeR, 14.12.2012, 01:19
            • no more EMS support in XP - Tito, 14.12.2012, 19:18
              • no more EMS support in XP - RayeR, 15.12.2012, 17:37
              • no more EMS support in XP - nidud, 16.12.2012, 01:04