From: jj4public@outlook.com   
      
   On Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:22:35 -0800 (PST), muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
   >   
   > Even though PDOS/386 is my own OS, I don't have any   
   > choice but to call the DLLs kernel32.dll and msvcrt.dll,   
   > as it is embedded in the executable.   
   >   
   > I need to at least translate those specific names if I want   
   > to rename the physical DLL for some reason.   
   >   
   > What is the 16-bit equivalent?   
      
   There is none. In 16-bit Windows platform, all console related features are   
   handled by the kernel via Interrupt services. CON is only usable when   
   there's a console window open.   
      
   > Apparently there was a somewhat common technique to   
   > write to a console in the Win16 days, which was opening   
   > a con pipe and writing to it.   
      
   It's DOS days, to be precise. CON in Windows is same as DOS' CON.   
      
   > I tried doing a search for win16 con pipe but didn't find   
   > a reference.   
      
   CON is a character device, but it works like a pipe and can be implemented   
   as a pipe.   
      
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