Subj : Re: Operating Systems
To   : Nightfox
From : tenser
Date : Thu Apr 11 2024 00:15:26

On 08 Apr 2024 at 09:07a, Nightfox pondered and said...
 
 Ni>   Re: Re: Operating Systems
 Ni>   By: tenser to Nightfox on Tue Apr 09 2024 12:06 am
 Ni> 
 Ni>  Ni>> I'm not sure that would be a good solution though, as you wouldn't w
 Ni>  Ni>> your whole OS and other apps thinking it was 1989 or something.
 Ni> 
 Ni>  te> Sorry, I don't think I was clear here.  You're already running the DO
 Ni>  te> program under some sort of simulator; simply set the date back for th
 Ni>  te> simulator.
 Ni> 
 Ni> I'm using dosemu2 to run DOS doors.  I'd have to check its
 Ni> documentation, as I'm not sure how I'd do that.

You've got 14 years to figure it out, my guy.  :-)

 Ni> Also, for sysops running their BBS in Win32, I'm not sure if there's a
 Ni> way to do that..  Win32 can seamlessly run 16-bit DOS apps, and I don't
 Ni> recall ever seeing a way to modify the date just for its virtual DOS
 Ni> machine.  Maybe there is a way..

Very likely that, in 2038, they'll be running win32 under an
emulator as well.

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