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Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
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From: "-= ArkanoiD =-" <ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 97 03:14:01 +0300
Subject: Re: running opendos with win 95
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nuqneH,

> From: "Tim Bird" <tbird AT caldera DOT com>
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 11:20:23 -0700
> To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: Re: running opendos with win 95
[dd]
>
> Not well.  Win95 is more closely "knit" with MSDOS 7.0 than was
> Windows 3.1 with earlier MSDOS versions.  I believe it is possible
> to dual boot them, but I think it is not possible (at the moment)
> to boot Win95 on top of OpenDOS.  I haven't set up dual booting
> for Windows 95 (I have for Linux) but I understand that Win95 "resists" it.
> Also, OpenDOS will not recognize or use long filenames.  Under OpenDOS,
> you will just see mangled directories and filename for anything longer
> than 8.3.
>
btw i've heared a rumor that long filename api is not part of DOS 7 but
part of "Windows" and does not appear until GUI is loaded.. Is that true
or not?
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