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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: daryll40 who wrote (42576)	2/23/2001 10:05:25 AM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

daryll, OT *** if you don't get an answer here, ask your question on this thread: Subject 22366 Gottfried

To: daryll40 who wrote (42576)	2/23/2001 10:45:48 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 70976

Re:If I do upgrade, can I still run the DOS programs? Maybe..... winmag.com Well, then, is DOS really dead? Not at all, but it certainly is wounded. The list of cuts and bruises includes no real-mode support, which means Windows can't restart to an MS-DOS prompt, and devices and applications can't launch from real mode. Like FORMAT.COM, SYS.COM has also been limited. It's no longer able to copy system files to a hard disk when they're not already there; it can only "repair" existing ones. There's also no longer a "Command Prompt Only" option from the Windows Boot menu (the one you get by holding down the Ctrl key when you start your PC). Plain and simple, Microsoft has fixed it so the only way you'll see the C:> prompt when you're booted to the hard disk is if you open an MS-DOS window from within Windows. At that point, it is possible to run DOS apps and batch files.