21 Nov
2007
21 Nov
'07
9:50 p.m.
On 21 Nov 2007 at 13:23, Eric J Korpela wrote:
What exactly was the difference between
"standard" and "enhanced"
modes beyond the V86 environment for MS-DOS? Windows enhanced mode
executables were still 16bits. It wasn't until Win32s that there was
a 32 bit Windows execution environment for "consumer level" (read
non-NT) windows. A 32bit file system didn't show up until Windows for
Workgroups 3.11
Well, yes and no. It was still possible to handle 32-bit memory
tasks under Win31 without resorting to Win32S. I seem to recall
quite a number of articles in WDDJ (or was it still PC Tech Journal
then?) about doing this.
Mostly, 386enh gave you the ability to run 32-bit virtual device
drivers and use paged virtual memory. IIRC, the "standard" mode was
usually faster for most 16-bit PM tasks than 386enh mode.
Cheers,
Chuck