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  • HX DOS-Extender with built-in Win32

    From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to Al on Mon Jan 11 01:23:00 2021
    Hello Al!

    ** On Sunday 10.01.21 - 12:12, Al wrote to Ogg:

    I have durqwk14.zip here but I have no Windows to try it on.
    I don't know if that's the latest version but it might work
    better?? Maybe.

    What about this thing?

    https://www.japheth.de/HX.html

    "HX DOS-Extender is a free DOS extender with built-in Win32 PE
    file format support. Usually the purpose of a DOS extender is to
    make protected-mode features available for DOS applications. HX
    fully supports this goal, but goes some steps further. A Win32
    API emulation layer is part of HX which allows many Win32 console
    applications to run in DOS. This emulation goes far beyond
    similiar approaches in other extenders (Borland's PowerPack,
    WDOSX or Phar Lab TNT). Furthermore HX implements - limited -
    support for windows, DirectDraw, GDI and even OpenGL graphics.
    This allows to run "simple" Win32 GUI apps in DOS as well."


    --- OpenXP 5.0.48
    * Origin: (} Pointy McPointFace (21:4/106.21)
  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to Ogg on Sun Jan 10 22:40:56 2021
    Re: HX DOS-Extender with built-in Win32
    By: Ogg to Al on Sun Jan 10 2021 05:23 pm

    What about this thing?

    https://www.japheth.de/HX.html

    I haven't used any version of Windows in a very long time now. I'm not very windows literate anymore. I see a windows box when someone wants me to fix something.. that's all I ever see of windows anymore.

    HX fully supports this goal, but goes some steps further. A Win32
    API emulation layer is part of HX which allows many Win32 console applications to run in DOS.

    That's an interesting feature, but is it desirable to run a Win32 console app in DOS. Maybe if your DOS is outside of Windows.

    Furthermore HX implements - limited - support for windows, DirectDraw, GDI and even OpenGL graphics. This allows to run "simple" Win32 GUI apps in DOS as well."

    That's very interesting. Same question though, do we want to run a simple Win32 GUI app in DOS?

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    ... All wiyht. Rho sritched mg kegtops awound?
    --- SBBSecho 3.12-Linux
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106.1)
  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to Al on Sun Jan 10 17:23:00 2021
    Hello Al!

    ** On Sunday 10.01.21 - 12:12, Al wrote to Ogg:

    I have durqwk14.zip here but I have no Windows to try it on.
    I don't know if that's the latest version but it might work
    better?? Maybe.

    What about this thing?

    https://www.japheth.de/HX.html

    "HX DOS-Extender is a free DOS extender with built-in Win32 PE
    file format support. Usually the purpose of a DOS extender is to
    make protected-mode features available for DOS applications. HX
    fully supports this goal, but goes some steps further. A Win32
    API emulation layer is part of HX which allows many Win32 console
    applications to run in DOS. This emulation goes far beyond
    similiar approaches in other extenders (Borland's PowerPack,
    WDOSX or Phar Lab TNT). Furthermore HX implements - limited -
    support for windows, DirectDraw, GDI and even OpenGL graphics.
    This allows to run "simple" Win32 GUI apps in DOS as well."


    --- OpenXP 5.0.48
    * Origin: (} Pointy McPointFace (21:4/106.21)
  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to Ogg on Sun Jan 10 14:40:56 2021
    Re: HX DOS-Extender with built-in Win32
    By: Ogg to Al on Sun Jan 10 2021 05:23 pm

    What about this thing?

    https://www.japheth.de/HX.html

    I haven't used any version of Windows in a very long time now. I'm not very windows literate anymore. I see a windows box when someone wants me to fix something.. that's all I ever see of windows anymore.

    HX fully supports this goal, but goes some steps further. A Win32
    API emulation layer is part of HX which allows many Win32 console applications to run in DOS.

    That's an interesting feature, but is it desirable to run a Win32 console app in DOS. Maybe if your DOS is outside of Windows.

    Furthermore HX implements - limited - support for windows, DirectDraw, GDI and even OpenGL graphics. This allows to run "simple" Win32 GUI apps in DOS as well."

    That's very interesting. Same question though, do we want to run a simple Win32 GUI app in DOS?

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    ... All wiyht. Rho sritched mg kegtops awound?
    --- SBBSecho 3.12-Linux
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106.1)