Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/04/18/16:51:40
I read the article and you are right! I guess this will be the end for djgpp as it uses real-mode
system calls to do most of the io.
Damian Yerrick schrieb:
> Windows ME (Millennium Edition), the third major release of Windows
> 9x, has NO SUPPORT for DOS apps. We DOS programmers have just lost
> our market:
> http://www.cnet.com/software/0-3715-7-1648259.html?tag=st.sw.3715-7-1648258.txt.3715-7-1648259
>
> >Finally, Microsoft has dumped Real Mode. This vestigial code makes
> >Windows 95/98 work with some older DOS apps, but it also makes
> >Windows slower and less stable at start-up. Microsoft says that DOS
> >apps without native Windows support have gone the way of the
> >dinosaurs, rendering Real Mode unnecessary.
>
> Real Mode is necessary to load even Protected Mode DOS apps (such as
> anything made with DJGPP).
>
> >So the company has thrown it out, sending some crashes along with
> >it, we hope.
>
> Micro$~1 misunderstands the source of the crashes. Crashes come when
> applications' installers "update" critical system DLLs (e.g. the
> kernel) with their own "enhanced" versions. Just look at AOL 5 for an
> example:
> http://www.anti-aol.org/ news:alt.aol-sucks
>
> >If you need to run an old DOS app, you'll have to boot up using a
> >Windows ME boot disk that retains the DOS boot option.
>
> I certainly hope the hard drive can be used as such a boot disk.
>
> --
> Damian Yerrick
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