console windows work on NT 4.0

James [Wez] Weatherall jnw "at" orl.co.uk
Tue, 21 Apr 1998 20:14:42 +0000


On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Marty Leisner wrote:

> Well I just tried NT 4.0...
> 
> I can type into console windows without a problem...

Yes.  WinVNC can't send text to MS-DOS applications.  The Windows NT
cmd.exe command-prompt is not an MS-DOS application, so it works, while
the command.com prompt under Windows NT won't.  The Windows 95 prompt is
always a DOS prompt, so it won't work.

We're trying to fix this. :)

Cheers,

James "Wez" Weatherall
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