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hitman@sydney.DIALix.oz.au (The Hitman) writes:


>Yes Windows 95 is stand alone in a sense. Microsoft have combined all
>of DOS into one file basically speaking. So when the system starts it
>is similar to NT. Everything loads from Win 95. Reason.... so that everything
>loads above the 1Mb barrier, no more 640K base nightmares etc etc.

>As for the 32bitness of the system..... I sugest that you visit the bookstore
>and grab the new book on Win 95 that explaines allthat. In case I say somethin
>that I can be sued for :)

If you are going to buy a book, you'll probably want to get Andrew 
Schulman's "Unauthorised Windoze 95". It gives you a good, long look at 
the Win95 underwear. It probably doesn't have any real practical value, 
but it's a bit of a hoot nevertheless. Seems that Windoze '95 is not 
*dependent* on DOS, because it you get DOS 7 with it.

>Glen Dell (dellgm@tartarus.uwa.edu.au) wrote:

>: Just some information...

>: I've heard rumours that Chicago (or Windows95) is not a stand-alone
>: operating system.  I've heard that it works the same as previous
>: versions of Windows, just that it needs to run on top of Dos 7, and
>: that Dos 7 is actually the 32-bit operating system.

>: If this is true, why have Microsoft stated in press releases that
>: Chicago is a stand-alone operating system?

>: Just wondering,
>: Glen.

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