Well yes, it ran in protected mode. In 386 Enhanced mode it was a 32-bit kernel. That's why Win32s worked, I think. But it still relied on DOS in part.
On 8 May 2012 11:02, Sven Barth <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ros-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev -- Andrew Faulds (AJF) http://ajf.me/ _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
