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Article #12098Re: Is Chicago really stand-alone?
From: Protech Systems
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 01:18
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 01:18
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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? Windows 95 runs "all by itself" on an otherwise clean machine but it includes its own command.com file that provides DOS commands when booting without loading Windows (bypassing autoexec.bat "win" line). Gavin protech@cybernet.za
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