Picked this up in a NG, a bit low on detail though. Maybe some DPMI problems fixed?

From: (Rob v. Albada)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: SB DOS32 and Windows-Vista
Reply-To:

Hi all,

Frank Schoonjans has kindly tried running one of my DOS32 programmes under VirtualPC/Windows-98 and under a Windows-Vista Bèta. Both worked.

Today I went to the HCC-dagen in Utrecht, a huge computer fair organized by the largest computer users group in the world, the Dutch Hobby Computer Club (HCC).

At the stand of the DOS SIG I was allowed to try two of my StonyBrook-M2 DOS32 programs on a Vista computer. I wanted to see for myself the difference with XP.
Both worked fine.
For me this is a very pleasant surprise, as they did nothing at all in a Windows-XP Command Prompt window.

Apparently, Microsoft has repaired the shortcomings of the XP Command Prompt, so now we can use our DOS32 progammes again. Hurray!

(Some older DOS games do not run under XP either. I regularly see complaints about this. I do not know how Vista is handling them. has anybody tried? Just curious, not very interested in computer games as such.)

I will upgrade to Vista as soon as it is released!

Kind regards from Amsterdam,

Rob van Albada.