I just installed the preview of Windows 11 for testing and unfortunately
it appears that NTVDM/DOS support has been completely removed. It is no longer available as a "legacy component".

Time to write your own OS ... Linus did it too ...

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BY: Dean Galloway(1:114/709)

appears that NTVDM/DOS support has been completely removed. It is no longer
available as a "legacy component".

They are putting us out to pasture. :-(

We might need to start running Linux. The idea should be is making bbsing easier to setup in Linux for future usage.


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I just installed the preview of Windows 11 for testing and unfortunately
it
appears that NTVDM/DOS support has been completely removed. It is no
longer
available as a "legacy component".

Looking forward to a DBRIDGE 64bit :)

No pressure you still have a couple of months :)

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On 22 Jun 21 17:46:06, Ward Dossche said the following to Mark Da Silva:

I drive a 2012-Mercedes ... do I have to buy the latest one just because there's something new?

What happened to the Caravan?

Nick

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We've got Armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening.

The man obviously knows his classics ... +1

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What happened to the Caravan?

You mean the Dodge Grand Caravan?

Oh dear ... I got rid of it in 2008 ... Bought a Hyundai Trajet at that time. Got rid of it in 2014 after some corrosion showed up with expensive repairs. Got a Citroen C4 after that with a semi-automatic transmissionm that just blew when I was idling in front of a traffic light in 2016. Too expensive repair. Got a Hyundai Santa Fe 4x4 Automatic at that time, beautiful machine but then they changed exhaust laws for cars to some draconion and suddenly my annual road taxes were like 700 and something Euro a year. Then got a good deal on this Mercedes Viano ... it passed mandatory annual vehicle inspection without a single remark.

But the Caravan. An automatic. I took it in one day to change a muffler and they called from the garage saying there was something wrong with the transmission, the computer said so but I never noticed. They opened it and the transmission oil was black and burned. "What do you want us to do?" ... "Close the transmission againm add the oil, change the mufflers" ... it never functioned well after that. Didn't shift well, could not go faster than 30-40km/h ... Had the garage not opened it, nothing would have happened, they told they really did not have a trained technician for automatics. It was clear from the beginning should I go to court they would be the specialists ... unwinnable. Repair would cost over 5.000 Euro. I briefly considered shipping it to the USA, have the transmission rebuilt there and ship it back. I just decided to sell it to the first fool offering money, which is wht I did.
Them 13 years later, 2021 ... :-) ... I was talking with my son about cars and speed etc and het said "You know in 2008 I ran that Caravan at 220km/h, in the Ardennes, on the down slopes it accelerated very well. I carried stuff for a scoutcamp and you were not there" ... and suddenly the pieces of the puzzle fit ... 220km/h with a Caravan underpowered with a 2400cc engine?

My son ran it to smithereens ... of course the transmission burned ...

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Re: Re: Windows 11
By: Ward Dossche to Nick Andre on Fri Jun 18 2021 08:29 am

Time to write your own OS ... Linus did it too ...

Well, Linux wrote a kernel. The GNU folks wrote most of the user mode parts.
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Re: Re: Windows 11
By: Rob Swindell to Ward Dossche on Tue Jun 22 2021 10:55 pm

Well, Linux wrote a kernel. The GNU folks wrote most of the user mode parts.

s/Linux/Linus <blush>
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I drive a 2012-Mercedes ... do I have to buy the latest one just
because there's something new?

The usual crap... End of support. In vehicles terms end of producing
spare parts :(

Plenty of spare parts in Poland ...

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El 21/6/21 a las 21:49, Rick Smith escribió:

Greetings Petros!

Monday June 21 2021 11:24, you wrote to Nick Andre about an urgent matter!:

Perfect excuse to port to linux...

+1
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Rick, Just a personal observation ... nothing nasty ...

Hey Nick while you are porting to linux anyhow, I have a feature request.... Please add Jam support please and thankyou.... :-)

I don't understand in the days of terabyte drives why someone would want whatever message-base anymore ... it's just adding another level of failure ...

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My son ran it to smithereens ... of course the transmission burned

...

And you murdered him I assume, right?

Well ... you don't know my son ... he's a hulk and if he grabs me, lays me on the ground and sits on me, there's nothing I can do about it ... but he financed the Mercedes ... and the sailboat.

I drive a 98 Buick...

I like whatever old cars, the kind you could work on yourself. My 1994 Ford F150 in Montana ... 2016 I drove it through Utah and when passing Salt Lake City the temps were like 105F ... everywhere brand new flashy cars along the side of the road with their hood open.... sensors that went off ... the road is too hot ... it's too warm ... the air is too dry ... I don't like Mormons ... that kinda thing. My F150 just smiled broadly, I turned on the "Montana Air Conditioning" and that was it...

You may or may not remember the 92 Cadillac sports car I had when we met
in Quebec. Oh I miss that car and wish I didn't sell it. Biggest
mistake ever.

I remember that car, it looked more like a moving van ... but what an evening that was. I have to come to Toronto one day before your dick falls off.

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On 26 Jun 21 18:14:01, Mark Da Silva said the following to Nick Andre:

I wouldn't be surprised if Billy-boy is back at Microsoft in some sort of role now that he's getting his clock cleaned in the divorce.

I heard she was getting 150m out of it. I don't think he has anything to d with Microsoft anymore, I believe he sold his shares. I'm sure someone will find a way to install NTVDM on Win11.

Things were just "better" with Billy... Ballmer too.

Nick

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