Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/05/07/22:30:26
In a previous article, walt121 AT my-dejanews DOT com () says:
>In article <19990425102731 DOT 12164 DOT 00001499 AT ng-fy1 DOT aol DOT com>,
> fffan08 AT aol DOT com (FF fan 08) wrote:
>> I thought Windows 2000 was supposed to be an upgrade for Windows NT, not
>> Windows 98.
>The last I heard, Win2000 is NT5, but is also replacing Win9x. Win9x has DOS
>support and allows 16-bit applications (Win 3.x) to run also. With Win2000,
>consumers have to upgrade their old 16-bit and DOS apps. Since M$ is a leader
>in app software, that's more $ for M$.
Hmm, Windoze 9x contrary to some misleading statements by Billzebub and
company is still based on DOS. A lot of the 16-bit parts are replaced with
32-bit parts as soon as the GUI loads but DOS *is* still involved in the
boot process and direct access to memory/hardware is possible. Windoze
NapTime (commonly called NT) provides an emulator for DOS but there is
naturally a speed penalty for using it; a 16-bit DOS app will be as slow
as if not slower than a Win32 one. NT is not based on DOS which
theoretically should allow it to be more stable. (I wonder why it isnt? ;))
As with any emulator some programs that work under genuine DOS will not
run under NT. I am *guessing* that when people say DOS will be left out
they are refering to the delayed plans to merge 9x into NT; there would
not be a true DOS anymore. I would expect the emulator would still exist.
Has anyone heard differently?
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