DOS ain't dead

Recommendations for Porting a 16 bit DOS Application (DOSX)

posted by DOS386, 24.10.2007, 02:27

RayeR wrote:

> Now it's end of DOS era under windows.

This is good. "DOS under Windows" is the past. "Windows under DOS" is the present (Thanks Japheth) Native DOS is the future

> Only way is emulator

NO

> or realdos.

YES

> But realdow will have problem with future HW I guess...

Unfortunately

> Wouldn't be possible to port NTVDM from XP to Vista?

You used to dislike Vi$ta up to now:





Rugxulo wrote:

> So indeed, some people are willing to go entirely 64-bit.
> Supposedly, I hear that Win64 is 10% faster than 32-bit.

Indeed ... huuuge cost, very questionable "benefit"

DOS32 can be 20% faster than Win32 for free

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Complete thread:

• Recommendations for Porting a 16 bit DOS Application - Jerry, 15.10.2007, 18:13 (DOSX)
  • Recommendations for Porting a 16 bit DOS Application - Rugxulo, 15.10.2007, 20:00
    • Recommendations for Porting a 16 bit DOS Application - Jerry, 15.10.2007, 23:45
      • Recommendations for Porting a 16 bit DOS Application - Rugxulo, 16.10.2007, 00:22
        • Recommendations for Porting a 16 bit DOS Application - RayeR, 16.10.2007, 12:58
          • Recommendations for Porting a 16 bit DOS Application - Rugxulo, 17.10.2007, 01:04
            • Recommendations for Porting a 16 bit DOS Application - Steve, 17.10.2007, 01:13
              • Recommendations for Porting a 16 bit DOS Application - Rugxulo, 17.10.2007, 01:39
                • decTop - lucho, 17.10.2007, 08:11
            • Recommendations for Porting a 16 bit DOS Application - RayeR, 17.10.2007, 10:44
          • Recommendations for Porting a 16 bit DOS Application - DOS386, 24.10.2007, 02:27
      • Recommendations for Porting a 16 bit DOS Application - Japheth, 16.10.2007, 08:10
  • Recommendations for Porting a 16 bit DOS Application - DOS386, 16.10.2007, 02:26
  • Recommendations for Porting a 16 bit DOS Application - flo, 17.10.2007, 10:44
  • Recommendations for Porting a 16 bit DOS Application - llm, 17.04.2017, 07:06