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>Well, can you tell me that's it's better if I run a game like Nascar
>Challange and W95 insists on closing everything to run just this game?
>On top of that, when I exit the game, W95 insists on rebooting the
>computer, not even an opportunity to run another DOS app.  I run
>this game all the time in OS/2 from a command line (W95 will only run
>this game if I double click on it from the drive folder) and never
>have to reboot afterwords.

Well.. the fact of the matter is, most games *will* run straight from 
the GUI without the reboot.  A lot of people have problems with games 
that will (and have to wind up doing it the 'reboot' way), and that's 
usually because something in their system isn't setup correctly.  Since

I don't have, nor do I have access to, Nascar Challenge, I can't speak 
to that game, only games in general.

>About the argument you were trying to dispell, a lot of DOS apps DO
>REQUIRE odd tweaks of DOS parameters.  W95 does seem to account for
>this, but only for apps within its data base, and then it wants to run
>only that app and reboot afterwords. Not to mention, it will only
>allow you to run it from an icon and not the command line.  I am
>currently running build 347? (the preview program) of W95--maybe
>things have improved in newer builds.  From this experience, I can
>truthfully say OS/2, which I run on the same machine, truely has
>better support through its DOS settings than does W95.  W95 may be
>able to run more legacy DOS apps, but it does by compromising all the
>benifits of running W95--ie only allowing that app to run.

I have to be completely honest with you.. you're experience with Win95 
sounds vastly different than mine, as far as results go.  (and just so 
you know, I was never once advocating Win95 OVER OS/2--I'm just trying 
to 'dispell' some half-truths about Win95, so there is no need 
whatsoever to throw OS/2 at my face--I've used OS/2.. it's powerful yes

(I never put that to questioning), but it wasn't for me.) :)

Every DOS program I've run under Win95 (since right after build 224) 
has run *from the GUI* without a reboot, and without the goofy DOS 
parameter tweaks.  The *only* DOS programs I've had problems with are 
one with proprietary memory managers (usually only games do this, such 
as Ultima 7, etc.).  And frankly, I'm really sorry that your experience

is different, because the fact of the matter is, Win95 can behave 
exactly how I have stated.  Why it is that it works on my end and not 
yours is unknown to me.


Rich
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