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Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS (Users)

posted by bretjohn  , Rio Rancho, NM, 17.05.2025, 02:42

For real mode (not protected mode/DPMI editors), how do they normally handle files larger than 64k or multiple large files? There are only four viable possibilities that I know of: Use what's left of conventional memory (which would probably limit the size to around 500 k), use EMS, use XMS, or use a temporary file on disk. Does anybody else know of any other options?

Complete thread:

• Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - jejump, 19.04.2022, 22:41 (Users)
  • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - mceric, 20.04.2022, 09:24
    • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - RayeR, 20.04.2022, 11:46
  • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - Oso2k, 21.04.2022, 01:17
  • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - bretjohn, 21.04.2022, 20:13
    • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - Zyzzle, 22.04.2022, 02:31
      • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - jadoxa, 22.04.2022, 16:50
        • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - rr, 23.04.2022, 13:53
      • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - bretjohn, 22.04.2022, 18:59
        • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - Zyzzle, 23.04.2022, 01:38
          • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - Guti, 23.04.2022, 09:05
          • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - rr, 04.05.2025, 16:10
  • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - rr, 23.04.2022, 14:48
    • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - iw2evk, 23.04.2022, 14:54
  • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - SuperIlu, 24.04.2022, 17:22
  • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - jejump, 25.04.2022, 01:28
    • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - rr, 25.04.2022, 08:13
  • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - Oso2k, 06.05.2025, 10:15
  • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - roytam, 14.05.2025, 04:09
    • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - bretjohn, 17.05.2025, 02:42
      • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - mceric, 17.05.2025, 12:29
  • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - bocke, 17.05.2025, 22:20
    • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - bocke, 17.05.2025, 22:21
    • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - rr, 18.05.2025, 17:10
      • SHH ED free software - ecm, 23.05.2025, 14:42
        • SHH ED free software - bocke, 25.05.2025, 09:39
      • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - bocke, 25.05.2025, 09:43
  • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - bocke, 18.05.2025, 03:01