11/83 operating system load update -2

Liam Proven lproven at gmail.com
Thu Feb 24 02:37:59 CST 2022


On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 at 19:04, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> Maybe for Win95, but Win98 and later uses its own 32-bit port drivers
> (I'm not certain about 95 OSR2).

98 and 98SE are still loaded from DOS and you can shut down and exit
to DOS again too, if you know how. There's no functional difference.

> If running 98 or 95, just do a "shutdown to MS-DOS prompt", rather than
> opening a DOS Window and you'll be fine.

I don't think 98 has that option. I know WinME does not.

I would recommend booting to DOS (pressing F5 at startup should be enough).

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