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Compiling Windows on DOS? (Developers)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 13.02.2021, 02:46

> How to let command.com run a .cmd file?

I don't know, but I had a somewhat similiar problem with jwasm's regression tests. It was solved by letting run WinXP's cmd.exe under HX. This program runs stable, although one or two messages emitted by cmd.exe are just displayed as "numbers" ( my guess is that's because HX's emulation of the Win32 function FormatMessage() isn't fully mature yet ).

Don't be too easily impressed by the many troll remarks in this thread . A large compile job in DOS might be a bit slower than in linux/windows, but with a RAM disk and a good disk cache ( MS smartdrv is still quite ok ), the speed is acceptable.

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MS-DOS forever!

Complete thread:

• Compiling Windows on DOS? - 4D5A9000, 12.02.2021, 10:41 (Developers)
  • Compiling Windows on DOS? - rr, 12.02.2021, 12:14
  • Compiling Windows on DOS? - Laaca, 12.02.2021, 12:20
  • Compiling Windows on DOS? - mceric, 12.02.2021, 16:30
    • Compiling Windows on DOS? - glennmcc, 12.02.2021, 16:46
      • Compiling Windows on DOS? - tkchia, 13.02.2021, 19:09
        • Compiling Windows on DOS? - ecm, 14.02.2021, 12:44
          • Compiling Windows on DOS? - tkchia, 14.02.2021, 13:01
    • Compiling Windows on DOS? - RayeR, 12.02.2021, 19:04
      • Compiling Windows on DOS? - Zyzzle, 13.02.2021, 02:23
        • Compiling Windows on DOS? - RayeR, 13.02.2021, 05:22
        • Compiling Windows on DOS? - mceric, 13.02.2021, 14:50
          • Compiling Windows on DOS? - RayeR, 14.02.2021, 21:44
            • Compiling Windows on DOS? - tom, 15.02.2021, 11:57
        • Compiling Windows on DOS? - rr, 13.02.2021, 15:07
  • Compiling Windows on DOS? - tom, 12.02.2021, 21:28
  • Compiling Windows on DOS? - Japheth, 13.02.2021, 02:46
    • Compiling Windows on DOS? - RayeR, 13.02.2021, 05:32
      • Compiling Windows on DOS? - Japheth, 13.02.2021, 17:38