DOS ain't dead

NDN 2.31.4502 DOS/DPMI fix the bug (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 12.09.2009, 23:23

> It's tempting to have one app working in DOS and WINDOWS.

Apparently DOS ain't enough of a priority to keep working, even emulated. So we're stuck with bitrotted support at best (or none at worst: Win64). I'd be glad just for XP-ish compatibility, but alas!

> The problem, as you have already noted, is that WNT+ OS's don't
> have good/complete DOS support built in.
> Most notably missing clipboard support.

Who knows why it's so broken. Maybe their compiler broke some old code, I dunno. I just feel really dopey having apps break, only to be told "target Win32". God forbid they not break what already works.

> But I do think about working it around via an additional
> "BOP, VDD/DLL" application. This however is of VERY low priority.
> But it's interesting nonetheless. Maybe it's possible to create
> something that is not only usable by NDN but could be used by
> many more DOS apps in general....

I've mentioned NTOLDAPP here before. You mean something like that?

Complete thread:

• NDN 2.31.4502 DOS/DPMI fix the bug - RayeR, 20.08.2009, 01:04 (Announce)
  • NDN 2.31.4502 DOS/DPMI fix the bug - Rugxulo, 11.09.2009, 06:52
    • NDN 2.31.4502 DOS/DPMI fix the bug - ho1459, 12.09.2009, 09:51
      • NDN 2.31.4502 DOS/DPMI fix the bug - Laaca, 12.09.2009, 14:42
        • NDN 2.31.4502 DOS/DPMI fix the bug - ho1459, 14.09.2009, 18:02
        • NDN 2.31.4502 DOS/DPMI fix the bug - marcov, 16.09.2009, 22:39
          • NDN 2.31.4502 DOS/DPMI fix the bug - Rugxulo, 19.09.2009, 05:56
      • NDN 2.31.4502 DOS/DPMI fix the bug - Rugxulo, 12.09.2009, 23:23
        • NDN 2.31.4502 DOS/DPMI fix the bug - ho1459, 14.09.2009, 18:04
    • NDN 2.31.4502 DOS/DPMI fix the bug - RayeR, 22.09.2009, 02:41
      • NDN 2.31.4502 DOS/DPMI fix the bug - Rugxulo, 25.09.2009, 22:38
        • NDN 2.31.4502 DOS/DPMI fix the bug - RayeR, 26.09.2009, 03:01