From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 2:52:14 AM UTC+8, JJ wrote:   
   > On Tue, 22 Nov 2022 05:46:35 -0800 (PST), muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > >   
   > > If I write via INT 21H as above, from a Windows NE executable,   
   > > did it start writing to a random MSDOS window?   
      
   > No. It'll either be ignored, or rejected. I can't recall which one exactly.   
      
   So how do you make it work then? You said it was   
   possible to write to CON so long as a DOS window   
   was available.   
      
   > > Or perhaps whichever one was in focus? So you needed to   
   > > start the Windows NE executable and then quickly switch   
   > > to the DOS prompt? Or did you simply start the Windows NE   
   > > executable from the DOS prompt and it stayed with that?   
      
   > Have you tried it yourself?   
      
   No, I don't have Win16, and never did. I moved from MSDOS   
   to OS/2 2.0 and then Win 95.   
      
   I only ever wrote C90 programs, and they became 32-bit   
   with the move to OS/2. I think under Win 95 I used Cygwin   
   to get 32-bit. Oh, I also used Borland C which was 32-bit.   
   And Watcom too I think.   
      
   But I can try seeing if I can produce a Win16 executable   
   using Watcom and then inspect the code to see if it is   
   something I could support on PDOS/86.   
      
   But I still need to understand that it is technically possible   
   to maintain compatibility with real Win16 writing to some   
   sort of console via some sort of technique.   
      
   If you don't know any more details, I'll try asking in a   
   Windows forum.   
      
   Thanks. Paul.   
      
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