DOS ain't dead

Jon Petrosky released EMS Magic 2.1 on 31 Jan 2009. It is free only for personal, non-commercial use.

Website: http://www.emsmagic.com
Download: http://www.emsmagic.com/buy

Changes:

> Version 2.1 was released on January 31, 2009:
>
> TSR loader format changed from COM to EXE. More compatible with TameDOS;
> NTVDM no longer crashes if Tame is loaded before EMS Magic.
> Version 2.0 was released on December 15, 2008:
>
> Licensing has changed; EMS Magic is now free of charge for personal,
> non-commercial use only. The free personal version of EMS Magic is
> identical to the commercial versions, with the exception of the /QUIET
> switch, which has been removed to discourage unauthorized use.
>
> TSR loader improved to optimize resident memory usage and allocation. EMS
> emulator now uses up to 15% less memory because the XMS fix is only loaded
> into memory when required. Previously the XMS fix was always resident even
> when not activated (/NOXMS). In addition several EMS emulator functions have > been optimized.
>
> XMS fix now fully supports odd-length XMS moves when using Function 0Bh
> (Move Extended Memory Block), including single-byte moves. Most XMS 3.0
> managers allow odd move lengths, even though the official specification says > the length must be even. A few programs (specifically, "Troopers") take
> advantage of this and use odd lengths when moving blocks.
>
> /NOXMS switch removed; XMS fix is no longer loaded by default. Use the /XMS3
> switch to load the XMS fix if desired.
>
> Shortcuts for command prompt with maximum EMS are now created by Windows
> installer. Shortcuts with VDMSound will will only be created if VDMSound is
> already installed.
>
> New website launched. HTML user's manual and Windows installer updated with
> new logo and colors.

> 18.12.2009, 10:59 EMS Magic 2.1 (Announce)
> Jon Petrosky released EMS Magic 2.1 on 31 Jan 2009

So the "news" is only 321 days old

> http://www.emsmagic.com/buy
> $500 Site Unlimited usage at a single geographic location.

Seems I saved 500$ today

> More compatible with TameDOG
> NTVDM no longer crashes

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> Shortcuts for command prompt with maximum EMS are now created by Windows
> installer. Shortcuts with VDMSound will will only be created if VDMSound
> is already installed.

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> New website launched. HTML user's manual and Windows installer updated
> with new logo and colors.

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> EMS Magic 2.1 Windows Installer (recommended)
> This program must be run under Win32


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> EMS Magic is also the only solution which can provide EMS on Windows Vista,
> due to Microsoft removing all native EMS support.

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> Other Helpful Sites
> Tame Software (TameDOS)

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> Perhaps you tried to run your DOS application in latest version of Windows XP

NO

> and realized you were better off with Windows 98.

NO

> If so, you are probably visiting this site because someone told you to get Tame.

But I didn't buy the "hint"

> You were sent to the right place. Tame not only makes the things as good as
> they were, Tame takes it to a new level well beyond DOS environments of the past.

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> WP for DOS Updated

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> Buy a Windows XP computer for WordPerfect for DOS.

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> This site was created as a way to share printer drivers and other files
> that can be of help to anyone who wants to continue to use WordPerfect
> for DOS in the twenty-first century. This site exists partly because
> the DOS "environment" (the so-called Virtual DOS Machine, or VDM) in
> recent versions of Windows (including XP and Vista)

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> The Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 method described on this page works with
> Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. (Note that under Windows 7, Microsoft
> Virtual PC 2007 can only be installed if a later product, "Windows
> Virtual PC" is not installed.) Similar methods listed on this site's
> page about 64-bit Windows will also work under 32-bit Windows.

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> Site Map Last modified 15 Dec 2009

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Total many 100 KiB of text, but where do they explain why you can't use DOS ???

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> > 18.12.2009, 10:59 EMS Magic 2.1 (Announce)
> > Jon Petrosky released EMS Magic 2.1 on 31 Jan 2009
>
> So the "news" is only 321 days old
>

I only found out about it recently since 1.1 was announced last year, and I never bothered to check up on it. (I don't use EMS in Windows, only DPMI.) Anyways, I figured it was worth a mention here for people like sol.