Date:	Sun, 9 Apr 2000 09:00:12 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: Overrun error in gdb
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On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, -hs- wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii a écrit dans le message ...
> >> The OS is MSDOS 6.22
> >> DEVICEHIGH /L:1,4560 =C:\WINDOWS\IFSHLP.SYS
> >> PATH C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\UTIL;C:\RED
> 
> >I don't get it: you are telling that the OS is MS-DOS, but the above
> >lines from CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT clearly show that you are
> >working from Windows.  What am I missing?
> 
> Maybe you thought Windows 9x/2000 was an OS ? It is not. Just a graphic
> interface (and some extra system functions, I admit) above MS-DOS.

For the problem at hand, the distinction between DOS and Windows
matters a lot.  Let's not mix semantic arguments with helping people
solve their technical problems.

> Windows NT *is* an OS (derived from VMS)

If NT is an OS, then so is Windows 2000 (which is NT 5.x in
disguise).

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