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Re: Win95 a TRUE OS? Help a newbie!

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From: dona... Donald Collins
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 00:00
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In <DCHB9...@cunews.carleton.ca> ko...@chat.carleton.ca (Ka On Lee)
writes: 
>
>Donald Collins (dona...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
>> >: T.D. Shadow (tdsh...@airmail.net) wrote:
>> >: : >        1.  Win 3.x less the GUI equals Dos, plain and simple.
>> >: : True.
>> >: : >        2.  Win 95  less the GUI equals Dos, plain and simple.
>
>> Oh really.  DOS is a multitasking, protected mode OS that calls your
>> program?  Learn something about what you about to criticize before
you
>> criticize it.
>
>What he said is true.  If you use "Shut down to MS-DOS" in the Win95
>shut-down dialog, or press F8 , or do some other tricks like set GUI=0
>in certain config file, you will be boot to plain DOS 7.0.  100% pure
>DOS, no multitask.  Now if type "WIN" or "EXIT" at the DOS prompt, it
>load the GUI part.  Learn something about what you about to advocate
>before you advocate it.
>
>           |  _  |                      Ka On Lee
>           |_(0)_|			
> ------==<[\-(.)-/]>==------            ko...@chat.carleton.ca
>        ^ \#/o o\#/ ^                   al...@freenet.carleton.ca
>           '     `
Well, I came on at the end of this discussion.  I know this is not an
excuse.  I thought he was saying, if you pretended that there was no
GUI with Windows, you have something that is no better than DOS, which
is clearly untrue.  I apoligize for interrupting you discussion.  
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From: dona...@ix.netcom.com (Donald Collins)
Subject: Re: Win95 a TRUE OS? Help a newbie!
Date: 1995/07/29
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