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Re: Windows 95 & OS/2

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From: Eugen... Eugen Woiwod
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 00:00
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In article <DCHpw...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>,
rjva...@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca (Rob Vanden Heuvel) writes:
>
> Msg-ID: <DCHpw...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>
> References: <3vakto$8...@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>
> Posted: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 18:26:36 GMT
>
> Org.  : University of Waterloo
>
> Straight from PC Week:
>
> ---snip---
>
> As many as a third of the 2,500 DOS and Windows applications that
> Microsoft
> Corp. tested for compatibility with Windows 95 displayed some problem
> which
> either reduced functionality, required work arounds, or prevented it from
> running.
>
> Microsoft Corp. released the list around 4 p.m. Pacific Time Friday after
> the
> close of most U.S. securities markets. Most of the applications that
> displayed
> problems were DOS and Windows utilities, games and specialized
> communication
> programs.                               ^^^^^^^
>
> The list shows that numerous DOS games and programs have to be run in DOS
> mode
> under Windows 95, but some can be run from an icon on Windows 95 desktop
> if the
> user can write a custom PIF file.
>
> ---snip---
>
>    Even I was surprised to read that the numbers were so high.  67%
> backwards
> compatibility?  So much for all that crippling 16 bit code they used!
>
>
> Rob Vanden Heuvel


Yeah well I kinda lost faith in computer magazines like PC Week, Pc
magazine, Pc Computing etc etc.
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Subject: Re: Windows 95 & OS/2
Date: 1995/07/29
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