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Section - - Is MS-DOS Dead?

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 No. Though Microsoft may not be actively developing MS-DOS there are
 still many computers that are not capable of running Microsoft Windows.
 The current versions of Microsoft Windows will also run most MS-DOS
 programs; therefore, MS-DOS is not dead, and will most- likely never die
 just as Commodore-64s and Amigas have not completely died.

 Indeed, DOS has found a new life in embedded systems. Other parties
 continue to develop MS-DOS compatible operating systems for more
 information see <Q:02.10> [What are my alternatives for MS-DOS
 compatible OSes?]

 Windows NT, 2000, and XP all have a "Command Prompt" which is similar to
 the orignal MS-DOS command prompt. The new Windows command prompt has
 some differences from the original MS-DOS command prompty; see <Q:01.12>
 [What other technical newsgroups should I know about?] for pointers on
 where to learn about these diffences.

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Ben in Seattle
Jun 2, 2026 @ 4:16 pm
Another solution is to use a parallel port loopback plug. It makes the PC think there is a printer attached. The benefit of this is it doesn't require anticipating the problem with ANSI.SYS escape sequences nor does it make you wait half an hour for the "Abort, Retry, Ignore?" prompt, as some versions of DOS do.

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