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What's the verdict Win95

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#196083From: Raymond StivalaOct 19, 1995 9:06 AM
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Does 3DS4 work with Windows 95? If so what do I have to do to get it to work. Kindest regards, Raymond Stivala
#197198From: Gregory LeVasseurOct 26, 1995 2:30 PM
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Raymond, I am running 3DS on a Windows 95 system and it works fine. You just run it in "MS-DOS Mode". What this means is that when you click on the 3DS icon the computer re-boots and runs in what is, essentially, DOS 7. When you leave 3DS the machine re-boots again and goes back to Windows. Kind of a kludge but it has one great advantage which is that each program running in MS-DOS mode can have its own, private, AUTOEXEC.BAT & CONFIG.SYS. Very nice if you have programs with different configuration requirements like a CD-ROM for one but not for another. Another plus is that this version of "DOS" seems to make more conventional memory available. Greg LeVasseur
#197319From: Peter DunnOct 27, 1995 10:05 AM
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I have had no problem running 3DS under win95, it's slower, unless I exit to DOS mode, but it is possible. When I upgraded to Win95, my previous windows version was configured to run 3DS (see the manual), loading the windows pharlap driver.