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Article #353773Re: Why prolong the agony? Just get Windows 95...you'll be glad (you don't have a choice)
From: s... Kiddy Phenil
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 00:00
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On Fri, 15 Mar 96 00:46:29 GMT, pmce...@hooked.net (Paul) wrote: >>Lets see you try to boot DOS without config.sys or autoexec.bat. You can do it >>with Win95 cause they are not needed. Yes there is DOS code in Win95 but it is >>there to have DOS compatibility not for boot purposes. If you only delete the >> Windows >>directory you still have the boot info on your hard drive, that is why it still >> >>boots, although it will give you some nasty errors. Yeah they are orginal cause >>Win95 stores you orginal DOS setting to use with you DOS programs. You can >>delete everything in them and still boot into Win95. Win95 is a 32-bit >> operating >>system with 16-bit legacy code for backwards compatibility. If you don't want >>a OS that runs everything for DOS, 16-bit Windows, and 32-bit Windows then run >>OS/2 or NT. I use NT, and there is absolutely NO DOS or 16-bit code in NT. >> >>Jeff > >Which is why many of us NT users keep two or three OS's on our systems. > Such as I, case in point. I've got NeXTStep (UNIX/Linux rules the universe!), WinNT(best I can do, and not go crazy. I hate it, but I have to have Winblows compatability. :P) and DOS (just so I can play all the nifty games. :D ) I would rather bang my head repeatedly against a brick wall than use Win95. I find it just as good for my computer as pouring sand into the casing. Kiddy
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From: s...@supernet.ab.ca (Kiddy Phenil) Subject: Re: Why prolong the agony? Just get Windows 95...you'll be glad (you don't have a choice) Date: 1996/03/19 Message-ID: <314eafbd.1528512@news.supernet.ab.ca> X-Deja-AN: 143081256 references: <49oenb$16k@news.cencom.net> <teddyburDJ0491.3xp@netcom.com> <30C1C43E.2F2F@inmind.com> <teddyburDJ1JJt.EEJ@netcom.com> <3140C1E4.2ACC@mednet.swmed.edu> <domino-1003961212340001@pm124.wizard.net> <4hvlun$2t1@news4.digex.net> <4i096f$iim@dfw-ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> <3145C94E.66D@aud.alcatel.com> <3145D36A.54EE@ucla.edu> <4i5iln$1i5@cloner4.netcom.com> <31469359.3550@osu.edu> <4iaeak$1dh@its.hooked.net> organization: Alberta SuperNet Inc newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,comp.multimedia,comp.graphics.animation,alt.games.doom,alt.games.descent,alt.games.warcraft,comp.graphics,comp.graphics.animation,alt.fan.bill-gates,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.object,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.security.misc,comp.security.unix,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,news.admin.policy,fr.comp.windows.drivers,alt.windows95,soc.culture.russian,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.binaries.mac,alt.mac,alt.mac.games,alt.sources.mac,alt.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.games.action,c MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit