DOS ain't dead - Compatibility woes / deprecation

Compatibility woes / deprecation (Miscellaneous)

posted by Matjaz , Maribor, Slovenia, 16.02.2009, 17:12

> Um, I think XP can install in a GB of space, but Vista requires like 16
> GB.

16 is a bit to much ;-) My windows folder is "only" 12 GB (Vista sp1).
On a side note:
It's true that a lot of apps from Windows 9x era don't work any more on Vista, but for some strange reason some programs from Windows 1.x and Windows 2.x do work on it :-D

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Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 13.02.2009, 23:38 (Miscellaneous)
- Compatibility woes / deprecation ubiquitous - Rugxulo, 13.02.2009, 23:51
  - Compatibility woes / deprecation ubiquitous - rr, 14.02.2009, 18:54
- Compatibility woes / deprecation - marcov, 14.02.2009, 14:02
  - Compatibility woes / deprecation - marcov, 14.02.2009, 14:03
  - Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 14.02.2009, 23:07
    - Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 14.02.2009, 23:08
      - Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 14.02.2009, 23:09
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        Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 15.02.2009, 20:55
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - marcov, 18.02.2009, 12:17
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 18.02.2009, 21:26
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - ecm, 18.02.2009, 22:21
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 19.02.2009, 01:08
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - marcov, 18.02.2009, 23:08
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 19.02.2009, 02:19
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - Japheth, 19.02.2009, 08:10
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 19.02.2009, 08:57
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - Japheth, 23.02.2009, 10:12
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - marcov, 19.02.2009, 10:47
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 20.02.2009, 00:24
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - marcov, 22.02.2009, 22:11
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 23.02.2009, 02:24
        Compatibility woes / deprecation TURBO stuff - DOS386, 24.02.2009, 05:17
        FPC: 7-Zip or UPX ; TC++ pros and cons - Rugxulo, 24.02.2009, 07:06
        186 or 286 - ecm, 24.02.2009, 10:46
        186 or 286 - marcov, 24.02.2009, 11:11
        FPC: 7-Zip or UPX ; TC++ pros and cons bloated WATCOM - DOS386, 25.02.2009, 03:18
        FPC: 7-Zip or UPX ; TC++ pros and cons bloated WATCOM - Rugxulo, 25.02.2009, 09:29
        FPC: 7-Zip or UPX ; TC++ pros and cons bloated WATCOM - marcov, 25.02.2009, 12:58
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - marcov, 24.02.2009, 11:32
        MS-DOS partition limits - ecm, 24.02.2009, 11:56
        MS-DOS partition limits - marcov, 24.02.2009, 18:38
        MS-DOS partition limits - Rugxulo, 24.02.2009, 19:29
        MS-DOS partition limits - ecm, 24.02.2009, 22:41
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 24.02.2009, 19:46
        Compatibility woes / deprecation of UPX - DOS386, 20.02.2009, 06:08
        Compatibility woes / deprecation of UPX - marcov, 22.02.2009, 22:12
        Compatibility woes / deprecation of UPX - DOS386, 24.02.2009, 05:07
        Compatibility woes / deprecation of UPX - marcov, 24.02.2009, 10:40
      - Compatibility woes / deprecation - marcov, 15.02.2009, 13:01
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 15.02.2009, 20:36
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - rr, 15.02.2009, 20:47
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - marcov, 16.02.2009, 12:39
    - Compatibility woes / deprecation - marcov, 15.02.2009, 12:44
      - Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 15.02.2009, 20:26
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - rr, 15.02.2009, 20:36
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - marcov, 16.02.2009, 12:37
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - marcov, 16.02.2009, 12:32
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 17.02.2009, 01:29
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - ecm, 17.02.2009, 12:25
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 18.02.2009, 00:56
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - marcov, 18.02.2009, 11:12
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - Japheth, 18.02.2009, 12:27
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - marcov, 18.02.2009, 13:12
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 18.02.2009, 21:36
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - marcov, 18.02.2009, 22:32
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 18.02.2009, 20:57
        Compatibility woes / deprecation - Matjaz, 16.02.2009, 17:12
- Compatibility woes / deprecation - mr, 14.02.2009, 14:03
- Compatibility woes / deprecation - RayeR, 16.02.2009, 13:52
- Compatibility woes / deprecation - rr, 20.02.2009, 22:06
- Compatibility woes / deprecation - Zyzzle, 21.02.2009, 02:04
  - Compatibility woes / deprecation - Rugxulo, 21.02.2009, 04:21