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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 09:16:37
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From: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
Subject: Re: DOS Box clear-up
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At 09:28 PM 1/24/99 +0000, you wrote:
>In article <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 990124192330 DOT 9257B-100000 AT is>, Eli Zaretskii
><eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes
>>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.

Dave said:

>I think he means:  if he "RESETS THE MACHINE INTO DOS MODE",
>can he be assured that Win95 is utterly gone, 
>until put back by actually re-booting.

Yes, quite right. I would think advanced programmers using Allegro
would have this problem also--at least with Windows 3xx installed.

What I have done with Allegro has been no problem, but then I
have not attempted to program with sound.

To put it crudely. When programming with sound or
graphics it seems best (with Windows 3xx) to:

1. Turn on machine and boot up to DOS (no Windows now)
2. Do your thing.
3. Do not load Windows until you are done with your work.
4. After Loading Windows do not even think about doing
   anything fancy in DOS until you have rebooted.

All this may not apply to Windows 95 if you do it the way
Eli does.