* Tollef Fog Heen (tfheen@raw.no) wrote: > * "Robert Cates" > > | As I recall, the Intel/AMD/NEC 80386 CPUs were not only 32bit (in > | architecture), but also ran 16bit apps (such as the very first Windows 95 > | OS) for backwards compatibility. > > Windows 95 was 32 bit, though it could still run 16 bit apps, iirc. > Also, note that some of the biggest changes when switching from 16 to > 32 bit mode on the x86 chips were such items as protected mode, which > is needed if you want to do anything serious. ;) Large parts of windows 95 were still really 16bit, as I understand it. Stephen
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