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Re: Win95 and games: good news...

#2686
From: Joshua Cyr
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 00:00
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> : To handle the problem of DOS games with Windows '95, I have my regular
> : multi-boot config.sys and a C:\WIN.BAT file that checks the
configuration > : that was chosen at start-up.  If it's any configuration
but the Windows > : one, to drops me to DOS (Yes, Win '95 runs on TOP of
DOS - still!!).  I > > NO IT DOESN'T.  Its more like Win95 and DOS run
parallel. > DOS is just around more with Win95, but Win95 is the operating
system you > are using, not DOS. > > Jeff
> 

I was told (by a good source) that even when you reboot to DOS, there is 
still the windows Kernel in the background.  Essentially, Windows 95 is an 
operating system with something that looks like our old Dos... but it 
isn't our old DOS.  By the way, I have been using Win 95 for a few months 
now, and have been able to run everything just fine.  I am using (now get 
this)

486SX25, with 8MB Ram, sigh... it runs just as fast as windows runs, but 
the graphic routines are much much faster.  I play Herritic in a Win 95 
Dos window, with no slowdown, or problems at all.  Everything is so easy 
to configure, I can't help but to love it.  A big improvement for game 
fans.  I haven't used OS/2, so I cant make a comparison though.
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From: Joshua Cyr <jm...@christa.unh.edu>
Subject: Re: Win95 and games: good news...
Date: 1995/04/20
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