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

[Fairlight]

At Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 11:08:51PM -0400 or thereabouts, 
suspect Jay Ashworth was observed uttering:
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 07:32:30PM -0400, Fairlight wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> It includes cmd.exe *and* command.com, and I'm pretty sure they're
> different programs.

They are.  command.com is 16bit DOS and cmd.com is 32bit.  But Ken said
there's an actual emulator involved that is neither of these.  I have yet
to have time away from other research and sundry to check and see what he's
talking about or how to get into it, but it sounds interesting.

mark->
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