>> 64 bit windows gave up all support for 16 bit programs.   
      
   > But... 16-bit windows users can use a program named dosbox (not the one that   
   > comes with windows).   
      
   > http://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox/   
      
   > "DOSBox emulates a full x86 pc with sound and DOS. Its main use is to run old   
   > DOS games on platforms which don't have DOS (Windows 7 / Windows Vista /   
   > Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Linux / FreeBSD / Mac OS X)"   
      
   > MS lists this as compatible with Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, FWTW.   
      
   > FPTech suggets this program to their customers who are running eh.. dinosaurs   
   >    
      
   Yes, I believe this will let you run 16 bit DOS programs in its own NTVDM (NT   
   Virtual DOS Machine), just like you run them from a 32 bit OS. This NTVDM is   
   not going to have access to the OS that runs the BBBS software though, so it's   
   impossible for it to pass the data on to the BBBS telnet node running in   
   Windows. So any caller will not be able to see what's going on, even though   
   you may see it locally on the BBBS server screen. This is what happens on my   
   system, and according to Kim, its the way Windows is designed and supposed to   
   work.   
      
   Torbjørn   
      
   --- BBBS/NT v4.10 Dada-1   
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