Quote:
Originally Posted by Pierre Lawrence
Quoth,
I am running Windows 10 on an Acer Aspire 1 laptop, and Microsoft's Command Prompt is bundled with the OS.
|
It is NOT the DOS command prompt (or MS Command Prompt). It's a console window.
It ONLY runs NT commands. Some have the same name as DOS ones. It's not "bundled", it's an inherent part of the operating system, also called Terminal Mode in some operating systems.
On Windows 1, 2, 286, 386, 3.x, Win95, Win98 and ME that really was a 16 bit Microsoft or DOS prompt.
The DOS prompt was NEVER the default on Windows NT 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4.0, 2000, XP, Vista, Win7, Win8.x or Windows 10. They opened a 32 bit NT Console (later versions a 64 bit console).
On earlier NT Windows you could run real DOS commands or programs using an icon that opened a DOS command prompt by running command.com, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_DOS_machine#NTVDM
Quote:
|
The NTVDM is not supported on x86-64 editions of Windows,[31] including DOS programs,[32] because NTVDM uses VM86 CPU mode instead of the Local Descriptor Table in order to enable 16‑bits segment required for addressing
|
So XP before Itanium version was the last Windows that ALWAYS had a DOS (MS Command) prompt.
Only 32 bit Vista, Win7, win 8.1 and Win 10 had it. The 64 bit versions don't have it. The 64 bit x86-64 Windows can't natively run 16 bit x86 code.
You have not run any DOS commands, you have used CLI (command line Interface) for 32bit or 64bit NT commands or programs. ALL DOS commands are 16 bit.
On 64 bit windows you have to install DOSbox, which is an emulator, not a virtual machine. Not supplied or by MS. Then you run DOSbox and get a window (or full screen) that can run real MS-DOS commands.