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Re: Will the programmed death of DOS affect EX's use?

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at ATTCANADA.NET> Apr 01, 2000
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Alain Sellier writes:
> My question is:  shall EX still work in a future environment
> devoid of DOS such as Windows Millenium, or am
> I entering a dead end track?

Junko reports that she is happily using the Euphoria editor,
ex ed.ex , and other Euphoria for DOS programs on
Windows 2000 (the latest Windows NT just released).

As for Windows Millennium Edition (Me), the follow-on
to Windows 98, I found this on a Windows Millennium FAQ
site (sorry I lost the URL). It was updated in February 2000.

... From Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows:
Q:  I heard that Windows Me would not use DOS as its base
     and would, in fact, be a full 32-bit operating system like
     Windows NT. Is this true?
A: No. Windows Millennium Edition, like Windows 95 and
    Windows 98 before it, is based on DOS and is therefore
   a 16/32-bit operating system. Microsoft is doing what it can
   to hide the MS-DOS prompt in Windows Me in an effort to simplify
   the OS, but DOS is as fully entrenched in Windows Me
   as it was in earlier versions of Windows 9x.

Q: So will my DOS games like DOOM and Duke Nukem 3D still run in
      Millennium?
A: Yes, absolutely. Every DOS game should run in Windows Me.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com