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 Message 32 
 Kurt Weiske to All 
 The state of DOS in 2019 
 17 Feb 19 17:56:35 
 
I thought I'd leverage this echo to see what people are doing with DOS and DOS
environments these days.

I run my BBS in 32-bit Windows, and have leveraged the DOSVDM in it to run my
old BBS QWK environment. Some programs seem choppy, especially the one app I
use all the time in DOS - Qedit.

I started using DOSBox-SVN Daum, a 64-bit DOS port, under 64 bit Windows 10.
With it, I get telnet to comm-port redirection, a full-screen font that renders
80x24 text nicely on a wide screen, and lets me run my old COMM programs well;
there's a weird issue with uploads I can't solve. But, it's nice to emulate the
environment I'm so comfortable with.
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