As i recall it was hybrid 16bit/32bit OS.- a 32bit os which can run 16bit applications.... Below are a listing of different applications shipped with Windows95 that are 16 bit applications. and the rest are 32bit....
FreeCell (FREECELL.EXE) Microsoft Hearts Network (MSHEARTS.EXE) <http://www.computerhope.com/sw.htm> Solitaire (SOL.EXE) Character Map (CHARMAP.EXE) Chat (WINCHAT.EXE) Clipboard Viewer (CLIPBRD.EXE) Dialer (DIALER.EXE) Disk Defragmenter (DEFRAG.EXE) DriveSpace (DRVSPACE.EXE) ScanDisk for Windows (SCANDSKW.EXE) System Configuration Editor (SYSEDIT.EXE) Windows 3.1 File Manager (WINFILE.EXE) Windows 3.1 Program Manager (PROGMAN.EXE) Windows 95 Tour (TOUR.EXE) Windows Version (WINVER.EXE) Windows popup (WINPOPUP.EXE) Chandra -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Perdue David J Contr InDyne/Enterprise IT Sent: 11 February 2005 17:36 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Very OT: Please Settle a Bet I'd have to agree with you. An option was to reboot to DOS from Win95. For the life of me, I can't remember what version it was at the command line though. //SIGNED// ------------------------------------------------ David J. Perdue Network Security Engineer, InDyne Inc Comm: (805) 606-4597 DSN: 276-4597 ------------------------------------------------ _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carerros, Charles Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 14:18 PM To: '[email protected]'; Send - AD mailing list Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Very OT: Please Settle a Bet My vote is that Win 95 required DOS and therefore was a frontend DOS application and not a true OS. A good example, watch a Win 95 box boot, it always starts out with DOS and then DOS runs the interface, WIN 95. Gnome isn't and OS its simply a shell, DOS is the same thing. -----Original Message----- From: Dean Wells [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 4:01 PM To: Send - AD mailing list Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Very OT: Please Settle a Bet 32 bit cooperatively multitasked if memory serves ...but it might not ;) -- Dean Wells MSEtechnology * Email: dwells <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> @msetechnology.com <http://msetechnology.com/> http://msetechnology.com _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan DeStefano Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 4:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ActiveDir] Very OT: Please Settle a Bet Could anyone settle a bet for me? I would like to know if Windows 95 was a 16 or 32-bit OS. One of us is saying that it was natively 32-bit, but ran 16-bit apps in a VM, while the other one is saying the reverse: it was a 16-bit OS that was capable of running 32-bit apps in a VM. Also, one person is saying that W95 required DOS (like Win3.1.1) and the other is saying that, while built on DOS, DOS was not required and the OS went above and beyond its DOS roots. If anyone can settle these issues and offer proof like links to Web pages and such, we would be grateful. _________________________ Daniel DeStefano PC Support Specialist IAG Research 345 Park Avenue South, 12th Floor New York, NY 10010 T. 212.871.5262 F. 212.871.5300 www.iagr.net <http://www.iagr.net/> Measuring Ad Effectiveness on Television The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be privileged and is intended for the exclusive use of the above named addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), you are expressly prohibited from copying, distributing, disseminating, or in any other way using any of the information contained within this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by telephone 212.871.5262 or by response via e-mail.
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