DOS apps and XP (was: Now *that* was strange...)

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Fairlight (Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:32:30 -0400):

> When asked his whereabouts on Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:49:03PM -0400,
> Kenneth Brody took the fifth, drank it, and then slurred:
> > Despite long-time rumors to the contrary, Windows XP includes a
> > DOS emulator, just as previous version of Windows NT have.
>
> Yeah, 'cmd', same as on Win2k.

No, cmd.exe is just a COMMAND.COM-like shell with numerous extensions.
I'm talking about an honest-to-goodness DOS emulator which will run
16-bit MS-DOS applications, including COMMAND.COM which is included
as well.

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