NON-SUPPORT OF DOS

[Andrew E]

Go to start,run,type:cmd
You are now in DOS.
>-----Original Message-----
>I recently purchased a new PC with Windows XP Home
>Edition. It doesn't have DOS capabilities and I have many
>DOS programs written in QBasic. What's the best solution
>to this problem? Anything short of re-programming
>everything in a language supported by XP?? And if re-
>programming is the best solution, what language is the
>closest to Qbasic? Is PERL a compatible and easy to use
>language?
> Thank You,
> J B Waskom
>
>.
>

[David B.]

That's not DOS, it's a command prompt, 2 entirely different things.

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"Andrew E" > wrote in message ...
> Go to start,run,type:cmd
> You are now in DOS.

[Ron Martell]

"David B." > wrote:

>That's not DOS, it's a command prompt, 2 entirely different things.

If it looks like DOS and it acts like DOS and it runs DOS applications
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Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

[Perdita X. Nightmare]

....it's an emulator

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"Ron Martell" > wrote in message
...
> "David B." > wrote:
>
> >That's not DOS, it's a command prompt, 2 entirely different things.
>
> If it looks like DOS and it acts like DOS and it runs DOS applications
> ...........
>
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> --
> Microsoft MVP
> On-Line Help Computer Service
> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>
> "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

[Donald L McDaniel]

Perdita X. Nightmare wrote:
> ...it's an emulator
>
>> "David B." > wrote:
>>
>>> That's not DOS, it's a command prompt, 2 entirely different things.
>>
>> If it looks like DOS and it acts like DOS and it runs DOS
>> applications ...........
>>
>>
>> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
>> --
>> Microsoft MVP
>> On-Line Help Computer Service
>> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>>
>> "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

It's not even an emulator: It's simply a CommandLine Interface to NT 5.1

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Donald L McDaniel
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