Re: [OT] Real DOS Mode under Win2k ?

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From: Allan Ballard (aballard_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: Sat Feb 17 2001 - 18:25:37 EST

seems like some of the commands disappeared
from DOS 6.22 to Win9.x DOS.

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From: Paul Khoury <pkhoury_at_loop.com>
To: Edward Mendelson <emendelson_at_compuserve.com>
Cc: ThinkPad List <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Date: Saturday, February 17, 2001 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Real DOS Mode under Win2k ?

>On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 14:40:25 -0500, Edward Mendelson wrote:
>
>>Right: there's no real-mode DOS in WinNT or 2K. You get something slightly
>>different if you run cmd.exe (NT command window) or command.com ("Windows
NT
>>DOS") but I'm not sure what the practical difference might be.
>>(Enlightenment would always be welcome....)
>>
>I think command.com just emulates DOS' command.com, complete with
truncating
>long file names like C:\Program Files to C:\PROGRA~1
>
>Other than that, I can't really see what the difference is.
>
>
>
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