Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:26:40 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
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Subject: Re: DOS Box clear-up
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On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Ralph Proctor wrote:

> Now, would you state if it is true that it is possible to run in DOS on a 
> Windows 95 and above machine WITH NO INTERFERENCE OR
> INVOLVEMENT FROM Windows?

I'm not really sure what you are asking about.

In general, Windows will *always* have something to say when you run your 
programs from Windows.  All the business of creating virtual machines, 
servicing interrupts, handling files, disk cache, etc.--all of this is 
done by parts of Windows on your behalf.  You cannot avoid Windows.

Now, what specific details bother you in this setup?

> I have my doubts that you can EVER have DOS with clean memory with
> Windows 95. If I am wrong, I will be so happy to hear it.

What exactly do you mean by ``clean memory''?