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Only one side will be the true successor to MS-DOS – Windows 2.x

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Re: Only one side will be the true successor to MS-DOS – Windows 2.x

#74

> with the 286, you could only go back to real mode by rebooting the PC No. By resetting the processor which while slow (milliseconds) was sometimes done for this reason. Too slow for context switch but doable occasionally.

Don't forget LOADALL (which, admittedly, was undocumented outside of Intel's chosen few)

Re: Only one side will be the true successor to MS-DOS – Windows 2.x

#75
post #74

> with the 286, you could only go back to real mode by rebooting the PC No. By resetting the processor which while slow (milliseconds) was sometimes done for this reason. Too slow for context switch but doable occasionally.

Don't forget LOADALL (which, admittedly, was undocumented outside of Intel's chosen few)

I was not chosen, so i retain my butthurt nature and refuse to acknowledge LOADALL ;)

Re: Only one side will be the true successor to MS-DOS – Windows 2.x

#76
post #62

They did a dirty to RISC OS with that blurry pic at the end.

That's the only one I could find, but I'll try and emulate it to get better ones for the actual article

If you've got some Raspberry Pi (older than 5), you can run actual RISC OS[0] on these.

0. https://www.riscosopen.org/content/downloads/raspberry-pi

Re: Only one side will be the true successor to MS-DOS – Windows 2.x

#77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Heya, while you're taking feedback, the link in "If you haven’t read OS/2’s side yet, you can do so by either scrolling the page up (on bigger screens), or clicking here." doesn't do anything for me when clicked. It's also not immediately obvious that the OS/2 article is in the upper-right and needs to be clicked again. Why not link to that article straightaway? :)

I'll fix it immediately, thank you!

Why should text need a custom UI that is so noticeable that it has failures?

Edit: oh, I see. The whole thing is stained glass.

Re: Only one side will be the true successor to MS-DOS – Windows 2.x

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post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's the only one I could find, but I'll try and emulate it to get better ones for the actual article

If you've got some Raspberry Pi (older than 5), you can run actual RISC OS[0] on these. 0. https://www.riscosopen.org/content/downloads/raspberry-pi

Would that be able to run the first release, Arthur? I have a Raspberry Pi 4, but I can source an even older one if needed
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