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Windows 3.1 beta crashed on 3rd-party DOS

11 pointsby bro-stickover 9 years ago

4 comments

NickHaflingerover 9 years ago
Win3.1 didn&#x27;t crash, what it did do was throw up a fake error msg if you tried to install it on DR-DOS.<p>&quot;drdos has problems running windows today. And I assume will have more problems in the future&quot;<p>&quot;You should make sure it has problems in the future :)&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;edge-op.org&#x2F;iowa&#x2F;www.iowaconsumercase.org&#x2F;011607&#x2F;0000&#x2F;PX00978.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;edge-op.org&#x2F;iowa&#x2F;www.iowaconsumercase.org&#x2F;011607&#x2F;0000...</a>
kpilover 9 years ago
Although Win10 is smiling and waving hello, It&#x27;s things like the &quot;smile while pulling the trigger&quot; citation that makes me never trust Microsoft.
bro-stickover 9 years ago
TL;DR: DR-DOS routed around it and it cost MS .28 gigabucks after lawsuits.
stuaxoover 9 years ago
Didn&#x27;t Windows 95 have something similar to only load on DOS 7 ?