Re:The Linux 2.5, Ruby 1.9 and Python 3 release management a...
by dogma1138 on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @12:02AM
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Windows 95 still booted through DOS, pretty much any application that could run on 3.1/3.11 could run on 95, you could run Windows 3.11 from within 95 if you wanted too.
Windows ME did not evolve to Windows 2000, Windows ME was a consumer/home operating System based on the same branch as Windows 98.
Windows 2000 was a continuation of Windows NT(4) for the enterprise market.
Windows XP was the first OS that unified consumer and enterprise versions on the same branch and moved the consumer version to the NT kernel.
Windows 10 didn't drop support for 16bit applications, it still is supported on the 32bit version like most people said, Windows XP 64bit couldn't run 16bit application either.
This has to do with how the 64bit CPU's work and the lack of 16bit real and IIRC even protected mode.
As for general compatibility you can install Windows 3.11 on a machine and upgrade it all the way to Windows 10 and keep your data as long as you go through 95/98 and Windows XP in the middle.
There are videos on Youtube where people install 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, 98SE, ME, XP, Vista, 7 and 10 and keep their data and some settings (computer name, user, my documents, and even a quite a few windows settings ;)) and that is actually quite impressive.
Windows ME did not evolve to Windows 2000, Windows ME was a consumer/home operating System based on the same branch as Windows 98.
Windows 2000 was a continuation of Windows NT(4) for the enterprise market.
Windows XP was the first OS that unified consumer and enterprise versions on the same branch and moved the consumer version to the NT kernel.
Windows 10 didn't drop support for 16bit applications, it still is supported on the 32bit version like most people said, Windows XP 64bit couldn't run 16bit application either.
This has to do with how the 64bit CPU's work and the lack of 16bit real and IIRC even protected mode.
As for general compatibility you can install Windows 3.11 on a machine and upgrade it all the way to Windows 10 and keep your data as long as you go through 95/98 and Windows XP in the middle.
There are videos on Youtube where people install 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, 98SE, ME, XP, Vista, 7 and 10 and keep their data and some settings (computer name, user, my documents, and even a quite a few windows settings ;)) and that is actually quite impressive.