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Trevor Jenkins Date: Fri Sep 28, 2001 9:03 am Subject: Re: [SignWriting] Re: SW44 in NT | |
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Valerie Sutton wrote: > Yes...that is right, Nancy. Windows NT does not have MS-DOS. But > other Windows versions do...like Windows 95 or Windows 98. > > I run SignWriter on a Macintosh, because I installed a DOS emulator > called Virtual PC, which gives me MS-DOS on a computer that normally > does not have it... > > I wonder if there is a DOS emulator for Windows NT? That would be > great if there is.... Windows NT does have "MS-DOS". It is a standard featureof Windows NT. The problem is that there are very severe restrictions on what a real MS-DOS program can do. The most obvious thing is that NT prohibits direct access to the hardware. As SignWriter accesses hardware directly Windows NT will stop it running. It will take considerable work to fix this --- I know because, with Valerie's permission, I've looked at the sources. I was due to fix it two years ago but instead went ill for all that time. (And now I no longer have access to a Windows NT machine.) I suspect the same restriction exists in Windows 2000 and the soon to be available Windows XP. Regards, Trevor British Sign Language is not inarticulate handwaving; it's a living language. Support the campaign for formal recognition by the British government now! Details at https://www.fdp.org.uk/ or https://www.bsl-march.org.uk/ -- <>< Re: deemed! |
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