Am 15.10.2013 15:06 schrieb "waldo kitty" <wkitt...@windstream.net>: > > On 10/15/2013 8:55 AM, Sven Barth wrote: >> >> Am 15.10.2013 14:08 schrieb "waldo kitty" <wkitt...@windstream.net >> <mailto:wkitt...@windstream.net>>: >> >> > >> > On 10/15/2013 12:52 AM, Sven Barth wrote: >> >> >> >> Am 15.10.2013 01:30 schrieb "Dmitry Boyarintsev" < skalogryz.li...@gmail.com >> <mailto:skalogryz.li...@gmail.com>>: >> >> >> > On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Marco van de Voort < mar...@stack.nl >> <mailto:mar...@stack.nl>> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Because you first need to teach people dos (and 8.3), console cmdline and >> >> >> general concepts (stdin/stdout, working dir etc) >> >> >> >> >> with proper configuration (by system administrator) the tp would be just >> >> start and use (at least it was so for XP and earlier MS machines, don't know >> >> about *nix systems). >> >> >> >> This will fail on Windows 64-bit systems (including XP) as they don't support >> >> 16-bit applications anymore. >> > >> > >> > i would think that that is where the phrase "with proper configuration" come >> into play and even moreso when "(by system administrator)" is in play ;) O:) >> >> No, not in this case. The NTVDM does simply not exist for 64-bit Windows. The >> reason is related to switching the processor's mode between 16-, 32- and 64-bit. > > > 'scuse me? are you saying that the system administrator would not install virtual box or something similar so as to enable the use of 16bit apps? that is part of "proper configuration" after all ;)
In my opinion Dmitry meant without 3rd party programs as he explicitely mentioned DOS and XP. Regards, Sven
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