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EI3DIB > PC 01.06.04 16:01l 47 Lines 1891 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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From: EI3DIB@EI3DIB.#TIPP.IRL.EU
To : PC@WW
In this thread Andy G7HUD made the comment quite correctly.
>>> he DOS version included in Windows 95 reports itself as 7.0.
>>
>>A bit since I saw it but was not W95 DOS 6?
>
>Nope the DOS in W95 reports as DOS 7. But many machines of the period would
>also have had DOS 6.22 installed aswell.
So for a bit of History Facts:
Pre W95 the Microsoft windows platform required a seperate DOS Platform and
many programmes were written to specificaly use DOS and Not windows.
The last of the Windows using this format was 3.11 and the last of the DOS
was in 6.22 ( nice when we can agree Andy ) ?
Now when W95 was introduced it would install with the -OPTION- Do you wish to
keep your old DOS Version ? Sneaky Microsoft !!! W95 would be installed using
DOS-7 but in fact it was only a Semi Update and the number 7 encouraged many
to remove the DOS 6.22 only to find that many of the DOS bassed bits of
software no longer ran ? Microsoft got taken to task on this but simply
pointed to the -OPTION- Clause, it was the start of the "our way is best"
attitude from Microsoft, if this sounds familier check out XP ???
So you would find many older PC's with Both a DOS Dirctory 6.22 or earlier
and a WINDOWS directory, W95 used DOS-7, Exit from Windows to DOS and you
landed in DOS-7, Boot your PC and Stop from loading Windows either from a
boot menu using a .BAT file or what ever and you would find yourself with DOS
6.22, both would as Andy says, often exist on the one machine.
But the BIG problem was that not Everything DOS pre 7 would run Under 7 and
Microsoft had that proverbial " foot stuck in the door " !!!
Did somebody say Linux ? not an Expert but did not Apple do something
different at the time as well ? just to confuse you all.
A'h God my old age is showing !!!
Best 73 from John, Sysop @ EI3DIB.#TIPP.IRL.EU
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