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Kolben 
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Posted on: Jun. 08 2000,09:34 |
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Sithiee have you tried booting you computer up DOS-mode using win9x?? That IS DOS! And it comes with win9x, so they something to do with each other. It's called DOS 7.0 on my computer. And saying that the command prompt isn't DOS can be discussed. Maybe the routines are different, but it's still the same commands, and the same way of using it. And it's still M$, so I'd say that it's just another version of DOS. It's a bit like saying "workbench for the amiga emulator isn't workbench". Or Quake for linux isn't Quake. The command prompt is DOS for windows!
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Kayy
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Posted on: Jun. 08 2000,12:29 |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hellraiser:
The dos mode that is supplied with Win98 is not a stand alone operating system, but you can have both DOS (the operating system) and Windows installed on the same machine.
Uhhh... Yeah, but On the win 9x variant of Windows, you need DOS before you can get to windows, thats why if you hit F8 when it says "Starting Windows..." you get a boot-menu, one of the options (usually 5) boots direct to the dos prompt, and it is DOS btw, not just an emulation of it. As for NT, there is no boot-menu, there is no underlying DOS, not that I've been able to get to anyway. ------------------
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Sithiee
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Posted on: Jun. 08 2000,17:35 |
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command.com just stored the commands you used in dos, they were stored in a file like that, and it was supposed to prevent people from fucking up their computers. 9x and NT do not run over dos, they have jack to do with it. when you get the command prompt, you are accessing a subroutine of 9x/NT. this is why a lot of dos games dont work so well on 9x/NT, and why when people started making games for 9x/NT, you couldnt run a lot in 3.1...thats the only reason i upgraded, after a while, there were no games for 3.1 anymore, and i still sorta wish i hadnt upgraded.
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Happyfish
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Posted on: Jun. 09 2000,01:17 |
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If one really finds DOS necessary, just install 6.22 on another partition...or use freedos (no support for LBA drives)
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Sithiee
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Posted on: Jun. 09 2000,18:22 |
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first, 6.22 was the last true dos, after that MS started ignoring it like a bastard child, its now called command prompt, and it is not standalone. you dont install windows 9x from dos, although you can if you want. when you install 9x, you install what some of you seem to think is DOS, but its just a part of windows, when you quit it, and it says "starting windows" it really means finishing, but that would confuse some of the less l33t users, although it seems to have confused people anyway. if you dont believe me, uninstall windows, and then try to load up DOS, it wont fucking work. let me sum up -
After 3.1x, windows was no longer run over dos, rather dos was run under windows, if you really dont trust my l33tness, you can fucking query MS about it. It does make sense though, considering the incredible loss of stability from 3.1x(over DOS) to 95(not over DOS)...jesus people, look shit up
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