On 08 Jan 05  05:42:38, mark lewis got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: Blue Wave & Windows XP

 DC> You know I'll only do that completely if all my DOS apps move
 DC> to that format!

 ml> hehe, yeah yeah... what i meant is that there's no such thing as EMS
 ml> or XMS in the 32bit world... if there is, it is emulated... 

Well, so far I'm happy.  

 ml> should i also mention that the DOS apps are moving to the 32bit world?
 ml> not only are they moving to that world, but they are also picking up
 ml> additional baggage and bloat along the way... part of that baggage and
 ml> bloat is a GUI interface and a requirement that they run on windows or
 ml> some flavor of *nix ;) 

A gui for DOS?  That's sacrilegious!   

 ml> i still have the machine in my possession but it is now loaded with
 ml> win98se and requires sitting on the AC floor vent to operate so that
 ml> the air blowing out of the vent can cool it... until the fan/heatsink

That's a pretty big fan, isn't it?   

BTW, what model laptop is it?  



... Even the Borg won't assimilate Windows!
--- OMX/Blue Wave/DOS v2.30