running dos-programs from windows9x

[teebo]

are there any knowledgeable, or can share a pointer in
the right direction, of what dos-applications _can't_ be
run from windows95/98 ?

besides programs that can't live under protected mode
like games that uses the "unreal" mode so they have
to be run in pure dos mode by windows (but nicely restart
itself automaticly after)... what other problems are there?

I assume that the dos program support isn't 100% complete, or?

one thing that is not working as perfect as it should, is that
textmode programs that redefine the characters like norton
utilities can't do it in windowed mode. it wouldn't have been
so hard for Windows to look at that area in vga-memory and
duplicate the modified chars, stretching them to the windows
fontsize, right?

how good do Windows emulation of soundblaster-card for
those that don't have one work btw?

[Tim Meddick]

I'm not too sure what you are actually asking for here.

A list of every DOS application that can't be run under Win95 / 98 ???

(I would think it might be rather large at that!)

But, if you are having trouble getting DOS applications to show
characters as they do in Windows, have you tried loading the DOS utility
[keyb.com] ???

You can use this application whether using pure DOS, or any Windows
version running a dos-box.

(in NT 2K and XP it's called kb16.com, but it's the same program)

Either in Autoexec.bat or your dos-box startup batch file (or
Autoexec.nt in NT based systems) place the command (path / filename of
keyb.com / kb16.com) followed by your country's keyboard code (i.e.
keyb us,, for the US) followed by two commas (type "keyb /?" for usage)

If that's what you actually meant by the phrase that you used ("redefine
the characters"), but, if you meant something else, then please don't
hesitate to clarify further...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)

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[teebo]

> I'm not too sure what you are actually asking for here.

> A list of every DOS application that can't be run under Win95/98 ???

> (I would think it might be rather large at that!)

well perhaps not a list, but along that way...
More what things that make those dos programs fail in win9x.
but a list would be good too (perhaps later filtered
from duplicates that fail by the same reason?)

and actually I had hoped it wasn't that large :D

> meant by the phrase that you used ("redefine
> the characters"), but, if you meant something else, then please don't
> hesitate to clarify further..

oh I was perhaps a bit unclear, I ment the kind of dos programs
that change the appearance of some of the dos characters,
the dos textmode "font" so to speak, to have other symbols
and graphics but still running in textmode. in EGA textmode
you have 8x14 pixel to paint in, in VGA there is 16x9 px
and in 50 line mode 8x9 pixel

I'm particulary fond of Norton Utilities for DOS 2px line-drawing at the
border of a character-block :-D
(Besides the dialogbox-lines it created checkboxes, scrollbar arrows and
NDD blocks etc that way, but it is really the lines that makes i beautiful)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Norton_Utilities_6.01_UI.png