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Re: FS: APPLE IIGS
Joseph Foley wrote:
> >Robert, the Apple IIGS does not use (MS)DOS. Further,
> >Win95 no longer has a real MS-DOS in the case of the PC
> >(it just has a "shell" that pretends to be DOS). The
>
> I hate to burst you bubble, but dos it is, and dos it will be until NT is
> king.
True! There is no "DOS Shell" under Win95. Win95 relies
heavily on 16-bit kernel code. Most of the DOS system
files have been renamed, a few of them have been merged
together, but it is still DOS with a well executed GUI
shell. NT, on the other hand, does use a "DOS Shell" to
run DOS applications.
>
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> Joseph
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