DOS ain't dead

DR-DOS 8.1 (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 22.11.2007, 12:28
(edited by Rugxulo on 22.11.2007, 12:41)

> And I read about limitation of running VESA graphics because some crippled
> WDDM display drivers. But be kind to this poor NTVDM because Vista 64
> doesn't have any (or have?)

There's no V86 mode in 64-bit, so you have to emulate the cpu (DOSEMU, DOSBox) or do without (Win64).

EDIT: I've heard that 64-bit is like 10% faster, though. So at least there's some advantage besides market hype (or whatever).

> XP also does it well. Fot me there's no advantage on vista I can't get in
> XP.

I have been using XP on my P4 for about five years, and Vista does indeed have issues that XP doesn't. I don't hate Vista (preloaded on laptop), and I can run QEMU or use other cpus for DOS stuff, but still ... kinda annoying since you'd think they'd get it working. Maybe that's what SP1 is for (or maybe not, ugh). There are things Vista is better at, but I'm too dumb/inexperienced to really say for sure (maybe Wikipedia knows?).

Complete thread:

• DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 21.11.2007, 18:02 (Announce)
  • DR-DOS 8.1 - Laaca, 21.11.2007, 18:55
    • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 21.11.2007, 19:13
      • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 12:50
  • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 00:50
    • DR-DOS 8.1 - david, 22.11.2007, 08:33
      • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 10:14
        • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 10:41
          • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 11:17
            • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 11:23
              • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 11:44
                • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 12:28
                  • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 12:54
                    • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 13:05
                      • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 16:39
                        • Vista - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 17:32
                          • Vista - Steve, 22.11.2007, 17:59
                            • Vista - sol, 22.11.2007, 18:11
                              • Vista - Steve, 22.11.2007, 19:06
                            • Vista - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 18:12
                              • Vista - sol, 22.11.2007, 19:43
                                • Vista - sol, 22.11.2007, 20:01
                                  • Vista - sol, 22.11.2007, 20:37
                          • Vista - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 21:31
              • DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 13:23
                • DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 13:26
                  • DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 13:31
                    • DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 14:02
                      • DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 14:49
                        • DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 14:59
                          • DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 15:12
                  • DR-DOS 8.1 - Laaca, 22.11.2007, 15:24
                    • DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 15:55
                • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 13:37
                  • DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 15:07
                    • Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 15:43
                      • Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 16:26
                        • Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 17:13
                          • Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - Steve, 22.11.2007, 17:18
                          • Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 17:18
                      • Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - Steve, 22.11.2007, 16:28
                        • Vista's pre-SP1 (in)compatibility - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 17:19
                      • Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - flox, 22.11.2007, 17:00
            • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 12:39
              • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 13:06
                • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 13:18
        • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 12:23
          • DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 12:29
          • DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 14:42
            • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 26.11.2007, 20:20
            • DR-DOS 8.1 - DOS386, 12.12.2007, 02:09
          • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 16:58
            • DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 20:51
              • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 21:16
              • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 23.11.2007, 02:06
                • DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 23.11.2007, 09:27
                  • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 24.11.2007, 14:33
            • UIDE caches even disks for which it doesn't do UDMA - lucho, 24.11.2007, 09:09
              • UIDE caches even disks for which it doesn't do UDMA - RayeR, 24.11.2007, 17:39
  • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 10:13
    • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 10:27
      • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 10:53
        • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 11:31
          • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 12:36
            • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 17:11
      • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 11:19
        • DR-DOS 8.1 - flox, 22.11.2007, 15:37
          • TriDOS -- DPMI bug? - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 16:20
            • TriDOS -- DPMI bug? - flox, 22.11.2007, 17:02
          • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 26.11.2007, 20:24
      • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 26.11.2007, 20:23
        • DR-DOS 8.1 - jaybur, 27.11.2007, 02:12
  • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 13:45
  • DR-DOS 8.1 piracy :-( - DOS386, 12.12.2007, 02:00
    • DOS -- single-tasking? - Rugxulo, 12.12.2007, 18:26
      • DOS -- single-tasking? - Steve, 14.12.2007, 06:06
        • DOS -- single-tasking? - Rugxulo, 14.12.2007, 08:24
        • DOS -- single-tasking? - DOS386, 15.12.2007, 18:59
          • DOS -- single-tasking? - Rugxulo, 16.12.2007, 00:44