Re: running DOS programs - failure

"Ant" <[email protected]> Sat, 29 Apr 2006 23:51:49 +0100
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"anon" wrote:

> Why did this run ok on w98se but fails in wxp?

Win9x sits on top of DOS. There is no DOS operating system in XP; the
OS is NT which has a very basic DOS virtual machine.

> Any cure for this as I need the data and output which is stored and
> produced by the programs.

You could try a decent DOS emulator. DOSBox was designed to run old
games, but it may be suitable for your apps.

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/