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Article #621361Re: Old word processors
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 09:38
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 09:38
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On 3/23/2018 7:24 PM, J. Clarke wrote: > > [snip...] [snip...] [snip...] > > Microsoft used DOS to load Windows. They also had a fallback mode in > which DOS calls were used instead of native drivers. That doesn't > mean that on compatible hardware DOS was playing _any_ role in the > operation of Windows 9x. > Somewhere I read that Microsoft put code in Windows so that it would not boot up... if you were trying to run DR=DOS (from Digital Research or Caldera) underneath. https://tinyurl.com/yabmhagy -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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