Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...

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From: Dmitry V. Irtegov
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 06:45

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In article <405qps$fls@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> xei@ix.netcom.com (Ken) writes:
>kellcrai@cwis.isu.edu (Inconnu) wrote:

>>Spoon-fed by Microsoft-- why don't you read up on Win95??  There is almost
>>nothing new that wasn't there in WfW3.11-- it looks different; they renamed
>>MSDOS.SYS and you think it's a new system.  It's a lot more stable because
>>it relies on V86 a lot more, but it's nothing new.

>  Umm. No.

>   * The video subsystem is completely new.

Cannot comment, haven't seen the sources ;), but 64K GDI heap limit
is still there.

>   * Installable file systems

So can I access my HPFS partition now?

Some rudimentary and undocumented form of IFS is in DOS since 3.30.
Hint: how Novell Netware NETX and other network redirectors, MSCDEX.EXE
and other similar stuff work?

>   * File system upgrades (shotcuts, lfn)

Shortcuts aren't filesystem feature, it is shell feature.
LFNs... OK, there are no LFNs in WfWG. You got one.

>"Do, or do not. There is no try." - Yoda

Incidentally, I like it. I wish Microsoft followed these words and
did Windows 95 on NT or OS/2 kernel, instead of trying to glue new
API on old and kludgy engine.

Cheers,
	Fat Brother.

Fatal Error: Couldn't enter Windows, use Doors.

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Subject: Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...
Date: 10 Aug 1995 06:45:48 GMT
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