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Re:Classic PC demoscene productions running natively in the ... by chriswarbo on Thursday October 08, 2026 @05:33AM (#50003707)
> At this point, XP and DOS are almost synonymous for me.

IIRC Windows 9x & ME were based on (MS)DOS; but 2k and XP were based on NT, which was quite different.

(Note sure what those differences actually are, since I only started programming once I'd switched to Linux...)

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Re:Classic PC demoscene productions running natively in the ... by bananaboy on Thursday October 08, 2026 @05:54AM (#50003843)
That's correct. Personally as an MS-DOS retro enthusiast and programmer I don't know how anyone could call XP and DOS synonymous!
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Re:Classic PC demoscene productions running natively in the ... by gritzko on Thursday October 08, 2026 @07:27AM (#50004525)
Exactly. I switched to Linux in the 90s.
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