- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Reeferdude
I miss DOS too. I've also completely forgotten how to use it. But then, I bet half the people on this forum haven't even seen a computer that uses Windows 3.1 let alone DOS only.
I'm going to play Colonization. That's even older than C&C. I bet some of you weren't even BORN when that game came out. The old days were so much better....
actually, the first computer i have ever used was an IBM PC. that thing was old skool. had to stick in dos diskettes to boot, then use all the command line stuff to run it... ive since forgotten how to use dos though :(
i used to use 3.1 at my old school. the first operating system i ever used extensively however is windows 98.
then i finally got XP in like 2004....... yeah. lol. anyway
you cant say that the OS has nothing to do with how exe's are run. it has EVERYTHING to do with how exe's are run. unless the program is written in x86 asm, then the cpu wont know how to handle the code. the operating system runs the exe, and also runs all your drivers, directx, then theres the .net runtime environment that many progs nowadays use extensively. i could name many more factors that, if not set up exactly right, the computer would not be able to run the program at all. windows vista will change nearly all of these factors. take for instance the fact that windows XP is actually based on windows NT. this means any game that was written for windows ME/98, 95, 3.1, or DOS will run using a dos EMULATOR. thats right. hold your brains together. windows XP is not based on, not even loosely, on DOS. not at all. i forgot the version number, but i think its actually windows NT 5.1. i might be wrong about the version number. aaaanyway... vista from what i hear is brand new code. therefore windows XP programs will not run natively. they will be run in a compatibility mode. and theres where you get problems.