Am 08.05.2012 11:47, schrieb Andrew Faulds:
Ah, I see. Windows 3.1 was a 32-bit kernel running 16-bit applications, how odd.


Ehm... no. Windows 3.x was a 16-bit system though it needed the protected mode to run (to perform 32-bit disk access, etc.).

Only Windows 95 was a (more) true 32-bit system (like Windows NT 3.1 was already).

Regards,
Sven

On 8 May 2012 10:37, Sven Barth<[email protected]>  wrote:
Am 08.05.2012 11:33, schrieb Andrew Faulds:

Oh, I didn't think of that. Windows 3.x applications run in NTVDM?


Yes as they are basically "DOS applications" as well. Only Windows 95
introduced a difference.


Regards,
Sven


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