[TRLog] TRLog in the RTTY Sprint (long)

[k2av@contesting.com (Guy Olinger, K2AV)]

> >
> >Mickey Sloth hasn't put in a minute on dos box code in almost a
decade.
> >It is the demise of the dos box (to FORCE us to buy windows programs
to
> >replace the old ones) that is the problem here.
>
>
> That is not true. It is impossible to have a stable windows AND a dos
box .
> You simply cannot allow the application to have access to ring 0 code.
>

Read the message: Need a WINDOWS program that acts as a shell for old
dos programs.

I'm NOT talking about running DOS.

It certainly IS true that MS has spent little effort on legacy
compatibility for a long time now.

73



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