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Ah, but how does that replace DOSBox? iirc, Windows XP does not support real mode DOS software.
by inportb 15y ago
Ah, but how does that replace DOSBox? iirc, Windows XP does not support real mode DOS software.
- wtallis 15y agoIt does. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_DOS_machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_DOS_machine NTVDM is unavailable in 64-bit Windows, but XP Mode uses 32-bit XP, so it can be used to run DOS software. (Though there will be trouble if you try to use it to run DOS games.)
- inportb 15y agoNTVDM is useful, but only for the most basic software. For example, many programs do not work on NTVDM because of the limited audio and video support. You mentioned games, and I believe some of them suffer from timing issues (though this may be the games' fault for relying on a specific clock frequency for timing). I'd say it's just good enough for the most useful 16-bit Microsoft utilities.
- wtallis 15y agoI've seen the entire suite of DOS Borland C++ developer tools run under NTVDM, and other non-trivial, useful stuff, like Lotus Magellan. I've also seen some quite trivial programs fail completely in DOSBox due to imperfect compatibility.