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Chris King <ch...@csking.demon.co.uk> wrote in article <uq9H+EAx...@csking.demon.co.uk>...
> >This is untrue if you have WIN95 installed. You can use Win95's MS-DOS
> >mode. It is the same (functionaly) as DOS 6.2x. In the case where you have
> >WIN95 installed DOS 6 is totaly unnesissary. If you think otherwise, you need
> >more info on Win95 & DOS. Period.
> 
> You've obviously never installed an upgrade copy of Win95 then - the
> following conditions apply before you can install it:

Sure I have. 

> 1.  A previous version of DOS MUST BE INSTALLED (along with CD-ROM
>     drivers if you have the Upgrade version on CD) and EITHER
> 2a. Have a previous version of Windows installed, OR
> 2b. Have disk 1 of your Windows installation media to hand.

I said if you have win95 installed DOS is unnessessary. I never said anything
about before win95 is installed. Try actually reading the post next time.

> Also, some of us need to maintain a "dual-boot" Windows system, ie keep
> Win 3.1x and Win95 available (not all 16-bit apps work properly under
> Win95) and for that purpose you need to keep an older DOS around for
> compatibility.

Well I guess my problem is that I stupidly upgraded all of my software.

> It might be possible to run Win 3.1 on top DOS 7.0, but I wouldn't like
> to try it. Has anyone managed this sucessfully ?
> 
> In any case, DOS 7.0 is not *totally* identical to DOS 6.22 - remember
> that it has additional features like long filename support. At command-
> line level it looks much the same, but there will be additional MS-DOS
> functions under the bonnet, and no doubt *some* programs that use
> unofficial/undocumented function calls will fail.

As far as running DOS games (which is what the thread is about)
Win95's MS-DOS reboot is the same. To try to say otherwise 
proves lack of knowledge.

FWIW, I have installed DOS, Win3.1x, Win95, WinNT Workstation
and WinNT Server probably over 300 times now. You have no chance
to win this arguement (Re: DOS games in a Win95 MS-DOS reboot). 
So if you want to believe that other stuff that is fine by me. Your
moldy 16bit Win3.11 applications are of course a different matter,
which is unrelated to running MS-DOS games in WIn95. 

> As an aside, getting rid of DirectX 3.0 is a real pain, especially if
> you installed over a previous version. Moral of the story: make damn
> sure you've reverted to your normal drivers before installing DX 3.0.

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