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In article <40vl1c$d...@CUBoulder.Colorado.EDU>, jord...@benji.Colorado.EDU says...
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>>But the DOS part of Win95 is still good old, non-reentrant, real mode,
>>DOS. It will not change however much you would like it to. Without
>>good old 16 bit (who cares about the bitness???), real-mode (this is
>>important, and BAD for DOS), non-reentrant (this is important and BAD
>>for DOS) DOS Windows 95 will not function at all. Not even if you
>>use something else to boot it. Windows 95 needs DOS to run Win32
>>software.
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>>Terje Bergesen - Bergesen Data

After reading through Andrew Schulman's Unauthorized Windows 95, I see that even 
though Win95 uses DOS (mainly for Int 25 pass-through calls) it uses it in VIRTUAL 
86 mode, which is PROTECTED mode as far as the CPU is concerned, although its 
using 16-bit segments with DPMI paged memory access.  This improves compatibility 
with DOS programs than a straight 32-bit protected mode.  However, the VxD's will 
probably slowly replace the Int 21 calls with 32-bit protected mode calls over 
time.