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RE: OT: old com files

• Posted by Brian Broker <bkb at cnw.com> Apr 18, 2001
• 368 views

You are quite wrong...

Windows XP is *not* .NET and is based on Windows 2000 technology.  Also, 
DOS-based *.com executables most certainly do run fine under Windows XP 
and, in fact, a number of *.com utilities are still part of the OS.  For 
example:  edit.com, diskcomp.com, diskcopy.com, format.com, mode.com, 
more.com, and tree.com, to name a few, all work as designed under 
Windows XP.

Please get your facts straight before mindlessly bashing MS.

-- Brian

sephiroth _ wrote:
> Windows XP(formerly .NET, Micro$oft's plan to kill Win-doze) sure won't, 
> 
> because it's an entirely new OS from what I heard. and if they don't 
> work, you could always get an x86 emulator like Bochs(free, but doesn't 
> emulate the Pentium RDTSC opcode and has a little problem with hardware) 
> 
> or VMWare
> 
> Irv Mullins wrote:
> > Hi:
> > 
> > I tried the search engines for this, but they refused to search for 
> > "com" -
> > wonder why:? ;^)
> > 
> > Anyway, I have a friend who uses a large number of programs compiled 
> > back
> > around 1983, in .com, not .exe, format. Does anyone know if Win2k or XP 
> > will
> > run these?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Irv