on 28/05/2003, Gregg Eshelman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- Michael Dawe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I don't have Win 9x set up on VPC. I installed it >> onto DOS and got the error >> message that it can't run from DOS. Which is a bit >> weird, as it runs from >> the CLI in a DOS window on 9x. >> My current VPC is used for DOS and WFW 3.11 only (I >> got the same error >> message trying to run it in a DOS window from WFW). > > It's not a DOS program, it's a 32bit "console app" > or a 32bit application that uses the Command Prompt > to launch. I see, what a rotten little sod ;) > Some 32bit apps always stay in the "DOS" > window, especially older business software that's > been ported to the Win32 environment. Still looks > like old ASCII or ANSI "graphics" but it's Windows, > baby! Yeah! ;P > > Won't run under Win 3.1x because that's a 16bit > operating environment on top of a 16bit Operating > System, DOS. Some Win32 apps will run on 3.1x if you > install the 32bit extentions called Win32s. (S is for > Subset.) Many Windows apps released in late 1994 > though > 1995 could run in both 3.1x and 95 though the "magic" > of Win32s. They just didn't make calls to 32bit > functions not included with Win32s. I have some great programs, which run happily in both Win 9x and Win 3x with Win32s installed. I was hoping that Worm may have obliged me in this department, too :) Never mind, I can live with that, Worm's not an emulator that I have much time for, other than out of curiosity. Mike -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac-N-DOS list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
