Message-ID: From: George Kinney To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: Common DOS programs in DJGPP Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 09:20:03 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C01F17.ACF01D20" Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C01F17.ACF01D20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 17:10:09 GMT, AndrewJ > wrote: > >>...console programs don't run in a DOS box. >>They run in Win32 console mode. > >I knew that, but why does a Win32 console window in Windows 95, >Windows 98, or Windows NT 4 say "MS-DOS" in the upper left corner? Because that's the description applied to the shortcut you used to start the DOS session. (look at the properties for dosprmpt.lnk) ------_=_NextPart_001_01C01F17.ACF01D20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Re: Common DOS programs in DJGPP

>On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 17:10:09 GMT, AndrewJ
><luminous-is AT REMOVE DOT home DOT com> wrote:
>
>>...console programs don't run in a DOS box.
>>They run in Win32 console mode.
>
>I knew that, but why does a Win32 console window in Windows 95,
>Windows 98, or Windows NT 4 say "MS-DOS" in the upper left corner?

Because that's the description applied to the shortcut you used to
start the DOS session. (look at the properties for dosprmpt.lnk)

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