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Subject: Running Executor w/ Windoze 95 (sorta)
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From: Twerp <CAVANY@central.edu>
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 22:46:58 -0500 (CDT)
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For all the ppl having problems w/ reading Mac CDs and such under windoze95,
there is a decently simple solution... before we get to that, there is something
everyone using win95 should know... win95 is just another application that can
be started and stopped whenever from DOS7. The logos.sys file in the windows
directory contains the shutdown screen for win95 which HIDES the dos prompt.
ie... when you "shut down" from win95, you just ended the win95 app and went
back to DOS7. Typing C:\mode co80 will get rid of that screen. This takes me
to the whole point of writing this... go ahead and load the drivers for the cd
rom drive and the mouse drivers in the config.sys file and autoexec.bat files.
Win95 will not use those drivers -- it replaces them with "32bit clean" drivers.
Just remember, Win95 is EXACTLY like win3.1 and win3.11 in that it is a
make-believe OS. MS just has DOS7 start up win95 automatically via a hidden file called msdos.sys. Change "boot GUI=1" to "boot GUI=0" to start up at the
