Re: 16-bit ancient software on Win NT 64-bit, was: Re: Hacker's Guide still lives

Author: Gene Wirchenko

Posted: 2015-06-16 at 13:50:34

At 16:32 2015-06-12, Ted Roche <tedroche@gmail.com> wrote:

>Hey, start your own thread!

>

>If you want to use software that will last for decades, maybe you

>should find an OS where you can control what it does and doesn't run,

>like Open Source DosBox and FreeDOS. They run well on Linux.

Or maybe, Microsoft should quit cutting us off at the

knees. Your argument could be used to say not to use VFP.

I do use DOSBox to run my 16-bit software, but it is a bit quirky.

>Commercial and proprietary OSes are going to do what they want to do,

>not what necessarily what you want.

Do you really think that I do not know this?

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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