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|    Torbjorn Mohn to Gaylen Hintz    |
|    BBBS/D and Netfoss    |
|    19 Aug 14 21:55:36    |
      > For reasons unknown to us Torbjorn Mohn said thus to Rudi Timmermans:              >> Also Windows 7 and 8 in 32 bit versions requires special       >> configuration to run 16 bit software, since this is disabeled       >> as standard. I have unfortunatly no way of testing, I haven't       >> run 32 bit Windows since Windows 7 was introduced.              > Well, I'm not a BBBS sysop but I can tell you that I've for a couple years       >have successfully run netfoss and net2bbs.exe with a Proboard /DOS bbs. Worke       > just fine here with no modifications other than setting the environment       > variables to point to the bbs directory. :)              Windows 7 and WIndows 8 appearently has different ways of handling 16 bit       NTVDMs, As far as I'm concerned 32 bits Windows 8.x requires 16-bit Application       Support to be enabled, which it is NOT by default:              http://tinyurl.com/o2eyunu              IS this wrong?              rgds       Torbjørn              --- BBBS/NT v4.10 Dada-1        * Origin: Circle Of Protection (2:211/37)    |
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