Re: Is Chicago really stand-alone?

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From: David Jewell - Radio and Satelli...
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1994 21:20

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In article <3d7nnt$oos$1@sydney.DIALix.oz.au> hitman@sydney.DIALix.oz.au (The Hitman) writes:
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>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.

Does this mean that the first meg of ram is wasted by Windoze95?, everything
being loaded above that barrier.

On a similar vane.... Will Windoze95 require me to open a window in order
to run a DOS shell? In other words, will Windoze95 be as hard to
program as MacOS?

thanks
DJ...

DJ...

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From: djewell@rhea.trl.OZ.AU (David Jewell - Radio and Satellite Networks)
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Subject: Re: Is Chicago really stand-alone?
Date: 21 Dec 1994 21:20:48 GMT
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