Off Topic: What to do with DOS programs if upgrading to Win2K and later?

[Vitaly Larichev <vitaly-all@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I have many testing, TA analyzing codes written to run in DOS environment. Now considering that
Win2K and later OS won't support DOS anymore, I am facing a dreadful option - to rewrite all this
stuff in other languages. Lately, I've come to learn about
ServiceMill software http://www.activeplus.com/ (see also below their recent response to my inquiry)
which seems allowing to run DOS codes on WinNT-Win2K based machines. With its very reasonable price,
it would be the easiest way out of the trouble. Perhaps, somebody more knowledgeable than I am could
comment on this and/or other options?

Thank you.

Cheers, Vitaly



Active+ Software wrote:

> Hello,
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I still have a lot of DOS batch files and
> > FORTRAN 77 codes (to run in DOS environment)
> > on Win 98 box. Seems coming Window OS
> > will drop DOS support for good. So what
> > options do I face if upgrading to Win2K?
> > Is it correct to assume that using ServiceMill
> > on Win2K may help me avoid rewriting all these
> > codes in Perl/VB or whatever?
>
> Windows NT (also known as Win2K...)  has a very good DOS virtual
> machine, you should be able to run anything from the old world as long
> as it does not have any direct hardware access. ServiceMill will help
> you run a DOS application as a service. This means that your old
> programs will run in the background like they are part of the operating
> system. I personally still use some old DOS utilities and they run well.
> The only problem I often encounter is the 8.3 file name format.
>
> Regards,
>
> Daniel Doguet